Chimecho

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £69.98, raw the card sits at £4.18 — 16,8× as much. Of 1.099 copies already graded, 50 % received a 10 and 41 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £46.08 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 37 auctions the median was £2.67, across 201 fixed-price sales £3.76. Fixed price therefore fetched about 41 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £2.93 and £4.43, with a median of £3.65. 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 £2.23. Offers well below £1.34 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 £3.66 (533), German £3.52 (32). The difference is small — language barely matters here.

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.