Team Rocket's Ariana

A PSA 10 currently sells for about €35,19, raw the card sits at €5,54 — 6,4× as much. Of 1.097 copies already graded, 56 % received a 10 and 33 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €23,88 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 €3,50, across 273 fixed-price sales €6,39. Fixed price therefore fetched about 83 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between €4,19 and €6,95, with a median of €5,44. 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 €3,00. Offers well below €1,80 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 €6,14 (26), English €4,83 (291), German €3,90 (27). French fetches about 57 % 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.