Metagross

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £136.98, raw the card sits at £23.86 — 5,7× as much. Of 6.149 copies already graded, 44 % received a 10 and 47 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £78.81 on average, before fees and shipping. Rule of thumb: submit when the value at a realistic grade is at least double the raw value — which is the case here. Centering decides it: an off-centre card will not get a 10. The grade distribution comes from the PSA Population Report; people pre-sort before submitting, so your own hit rate may differ.

Across 173 auctions the median was £23.28, across 381 fixed-price sales £25.76. Fixed price therefore fetched about 11 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £19.18 and £27.84, with a median of £23.70. Selling fast lands you nearer the lower end; with patience, good photos and a complete title the upper end is achievable.

The cheapest genuine sales were around £15.31. Offers well below £9.19 are typically fakes, mislabelled cards or a different variant — ask for photos of all four borders and a close-up of the surface.

From real sales: Italian £30.76 (31), English £23.74 (501), French £19.33 (21). Italian fetches about 132 % more.

lastsold uses only real sales — eBay plus auction houses like Goldin & Fanatics — recent sales count more (recency weighting), outliers and fakes are removed. It's not an estimate but actual sold prices, separated by condition, language and grading.