Dark Blastoise

A PSA 10 currently sells for about €873,63, raw the card sits at €31,13 — 28,1× as much. Of 3.835 copies already graded, 6 % received a 10 and 24 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €145,48 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 151 auctions the median was €19,76, across 267 fixed-price sales €20,90. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between €15,63 and €26,20, with a median of €19,30. 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 €12,24. Offers well below €7,34 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: German €30,56 (21), English €18,60 (281). German fetches about 64 % 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.