Pikachu

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £311.50, raw the card sits at £3.67 — 84,8× as much. Mathematically, submitting returns £311.50 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.

Across 19 auctions the median was £3.16, across 12 fixed-price sales £7.86. Fixed price therefore fetched about 148 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £3.27 and £6.84, with a median of £4.24. 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 £2.54. Offers well below £1.53 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: English £3.66 (94), German £2.54 (37). English fetches about 44 % 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.