Torkoal

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £78.72, raw the card sits at £4.91 — 16,0× as much. Of 1.632 copies already graded, 47 % received a 10 and 40 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £42.49 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 72 auctions the median was £3.83, across 380 fixed-price sales £4.77. Fixed price therefore fetched about 25 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £3.69 and £5.33, with a median of £4.42. 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 £3.16. Offers well below £1.90 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: German £4.29 (42), English £3.94 (677), French £3.86 (11). German fetches about 11 % 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.