Gyarados

A PSA 10 currently sells for about €2.495,34, raw the card sits at €41,19 — 60,6× as much. Of 5.216 copies already graded, 3 % received a 10 and 20 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €220,85 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 120 auctions the median was €21,77, across 214 fixed-price sales €26,00. Fixed price therefore fetched about 19 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between €15,31 and €28,29, with a median of €19,12. 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 €10,23. Offers well below €6,14 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: Japanese €28,78 (15), English €18,60 (198). Japanese fetches about 55 % 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.