Machamp

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £2,075, raw the card sits at £78.81 — 26,3× as much. Of 1.840 copies already graded, 9 % received a 10 and 42 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £584.46 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 43 auctions the median was £69.04, across 162 fixed-price sales £47.40. Auctions therefore fetched about 46 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between £25.68 and £59.41, with a median of £39.89. 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 £16.98. Offers well below £10.19 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: English £67.37 (226), German £43.18 (15). English fetches about 56 % 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.