Pikachu

A PSA 10 currently sells for about €788,49, raw the card sits at €9,74 — 81,0× as much. Of 3.399 copies already graded, 14 % received a 10 and 37 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €197,41 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 50 auctions the median was €4,00, across 164 fixed-price sales €5,52. Fixed price therefore fetched about 38 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between €3,32 and €8,00, with a median of €4,65. 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 €2,22. Offers well below €1,33 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 €12,28 (19), French €5,33 (26), German €5,00 (17). Japanese fetches about 181 % 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.