Team Rocket's Raticate

A PSA 10 currently sells for about €116,86, raw the card sits at €6,79 — 17,2× as much. Of 3.952 copies already graded, 31 % received a 10 and 54 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €49,03 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 187 auctions the median was €5,05, across 497 fixed-price sales €7,05. Fixed price therefore fetched about 40 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between €5,25 and €8,15, with a median of €6,28. 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 €4,37. Offers well below €2,62 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 €8,72 (35), French €7,29 (46), German €6,50 (47). Italian fetches about 45 % 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.