Special Delivery Pikachu

A PSA 10 currently sells for about €3.716,38, raw the card sits at €472,15 — 7,9× as much. Of 14.410 copies already graded, 10 % received a 10 and 58 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €819,57 on average, before fees and shipping. So submitting only pays off if the card truly hits a 10 — at any lower grade little remains after fees. The grade distribution comes from the PSA Population Report; people pre-sort before submitting, so your own hit rate may differ.

Across 10 auctions the median was €287,78, across 55 fixed-price sales €431,40. Fixed price therefore fetched about 50 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between €241,80 and €431,40, with a median of €345,01. 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 €4,65. Offers well below €2,79 are typically fakes, mislabelled cards or a different variant — ask for photos of all four borders and a close-up of the surface.

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.