Machamp

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £2,079, raw the card sits at £77.73 — 26,7× as much. Of 1.840 copies already graded, 9 % received a 10 and 42 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £446.83 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 42 auctions the median was £68.03, across 149 fixed-price sales £44.75. Auctions therefore fetched about 52 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between £25.50 and £58.76, with a median of £39.54. 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 £17.01. Offers well below £10.20 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 £57.35 (219), German £43.23 (15). English fetches about 33 % 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.