Poliwrath

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £1,570, raw the card sits at £24.37 — 64,4× as much. Of 386 copies already graded, 12 % received a 10 and 36 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £353.83 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 27 auctions the median was £14.18, across 90 fixed-price sales £23.06. Fixed price therefore fetched about 63 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £10.80 and £27.24, with a median of £16.07. 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 £8.18. Offers well below £4.91 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: French £38.97 (12), English £23.33 (168). French fetches about 67 % 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.