Lt. Surge's Pikachu

A PSA 10 currently sells for about €444,85, raw the card sits at €7,85 — 56,7× as much. Of 1.817 copies already graded, 10 % received a 10 and 28 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €103,04 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 96 auctions the median was €4,37, across 168 fixed-price sales €5,32. Fixed price therefore fetched about 22 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between €3,49 and €7,15, with a median of €4,95. 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 €2,59. Offers well below €1,55 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 €8,20 (14), English €4,91 (240). Japanese 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.