Vaporeon

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £3,427, raw the card sits at £78.36 — 43,7× as much. Of 592 copies already graded, 9 % received a 10 and 37 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £633.25 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 £36.14, across 129 fixed-price sales £51.33. Fixed price therefore fetched about 42 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £24.19 and £52.58, with a median of £36.89. 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 £17.81. Offers well below £10.69 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 £69.18 (197), French £34.00 (13). English fetches about 103 % 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.