Light Dragonair

A PSA 10 currently sells for about €277,53, raw the card sits at €14,20 — 19,5× as much. Of 413 copies already graded, 20 % received a 10 and 36 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €122,09 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 44 auctions the median was €24,65, across 122 fixed-price sales €23,70. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between €17,08 and €30,63, with a median of €22,76. 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 €13,09. Offers well below €7,85 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 €27,75 (112), Japanese €16,85 (14). English fetches about 65 % 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.