Raichu & Alolan Raichu GX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £224.44, raw the card sits at £16.07 — 14.0× as much. Of 6.417 copies already graded, 39 % received a 10 and 43 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £119.10 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 259 auctions the median was £22.53, across 446 fixed-price sales £25.06. Fixed price therefore fetched about 11 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £17.23 and £26.31, with a median of £21.64. 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 £13.97. Offers well below £8.38 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 £22.55 (633), German £17.23 (21). English fetches about 31 % 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.