Piplup

A PSA 10 currently sells for about €131,48, raw the card sits at €13,95 — 9,4× as much. Of 12.059 copies already graded, 51 % received a 10 and 39 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €80,01 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 302 auctions the median was €13,58, across 674 fixed-price sales €15,61. Fixed price therefore fetched about 15 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between €11,88 and €16,66, with a median of €13,95. 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 €9,00. Offers well below €5,40 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: French €17,50 (69), English €13,94 (468), Italian €10,94 (27). French fetches about 67 % 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.