Dark Blastoise

A PSA 10 currently sells for about €8.787,65, raw the card sits at €435,50 — 20,2× as much. Of 9.859 copies already graded, 3 % received a 10 and 25 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €1.207,85 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 146 auctions the median was €326,00, across 159 fixed-price sales €350,14. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between €190,14 and €344,90, with a median of €275,16. 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 €140,00. Offers well below €84,00 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: English €281,05 (140), German €179,21 (10). English fetches about 57 % 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.