Blaine's Charmeleon

A PSA 10 currently sells for about €161,47, raw the card sits at €6,04 — 26,7× as much. Of 711 copies already graded, 14 % received a 10 and 29 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €64,76 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 54 auctions the median was €4,32, across 111 fixed-price sales €5,08. Fixed price therefore fetched about 18 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between €3,49 and €6,83, with a median of €4,46. 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 €2,16. Offers well below €1,30 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 €4,71 (10), English €4,18 (124). Japanese fetches about 13 % 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.