Deerling

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £198.88, raw the card sits at £22.61 — 8,8× as much. Of 4.342 copies already graded, 34 % received a 10 and 53 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £85.43 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 167 auctions the median was £24.06, across 391 fixed-price sales £29.30. Fixed price therefore fetched about 22 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £22.78 and £32.68, with a median of £27.87. 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 £18.91. Offers well below £11.35 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 £36.35 (47), French £25.50 (11), English £25.20 (552). Italian fetches about 87 % 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.