Espeon & Deoxys GX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £412.78, raw the card sits at £39.96 — 10.3× as much. Of 3.682 copies already graded, 39 % received a 10 and 43 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £209.53 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 140 auctions the median was £32.89, across 327 fixed-price sales £36.99. Fixed price therefore fetched about 12 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £24.03 and £40.15, with a median of £30.81. 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 £16.89. Offers well below £10.14 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 £36.95 (425), German £25.34 (23). English fetches about 46 % more.

Last Sold 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.