Chansey

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £228.23, raw the card sits at £40.24 — 5,7× as much. Of 14.459 copies already graded, 45 % received a 10 and 45 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £131.67 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 237 auctions the median was £38.09, across 637 fixed-price sales £43.38. Fixed price therefore fetched about 14 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £35.20 and £43.83, with a median of £39.33. 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 £30.43. Offers well below £18.26 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 £41.04 (30), English £37.01 (810), French £34.00 (28). Italian fetches about 38 % 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.