Gyarados

A PSA 10 currently sells for about €413,53, raw the card sits at €8,59 — 48,1× as much. Of 7.274 copies already graded, 5 % received a 10 and 61 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €48,51 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 153 auctions the median was €8,64, across 191 fixed-price sales €7,47. Auctions therefore fetched about 16 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between €4,65 and €8,66, with a median of €6,51. 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 €2,57. Offers well below €1,54 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: Italian €7,47 (68), English €6,50 (314). Italian fetches about 15 % 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.