Charizard

A PSA 10 currently sells for about €308,82, raw the card sits at €27,90 — 11,1× as much. Of 21.771 copies already graded, 29 % received a 10 and 51 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €123,06 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 137 auctions the median was €29,73, across 447 fixed-price sales €27,00. Auctions therefore fetched about 10 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between €23,25 and €29,99, with a median of €26,25. 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 €20,50. Offers well below €12,30 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: French €32,89 (46), Italian €29,13 (45), German €28,63 (55). French fetches about 26 % 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.