Team Rocket's Zapdos

A PSA 10 currently sells for about €137,27, raw the card sits at €1,66 — 82,7× as much. Of 1.848 copies already graded, 61 % received a 10 and 33 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €93,32 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 19 auctions the median was €3,02, across 62 fixed-price sales €2,09. Auctions therefore fetched about 44 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between €1,39 and €3,19, with a median of €1,80. 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 €1,00. Offers well below €0,60 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: French €1,82 (29), English €1,56 (105), German €1,00 (12). French fetches about 82 % 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.