Gyarados

A PSA 10 currently sells for about €1.596,68, raw the card sits at €52,61 — 30,3× as much. Of 972 copies already graded, 5 % received a 10 and 21 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €258,81 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 72 auctions the median was €35,00, across 232 fixed-price sales €39,99. Fixed price therefore fetched about 14 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between €22,50 and €50,09, with a median of €34,38. 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 €15,67. Offers well below €9,40 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: Italian €37,30 (107), English €33,76 (276), French €19,99 (12). Italian fetches about 87 % 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.