Rayquaza VMAX

A PSA 10 currently sells for about €163,42, raw the card sits at €27,90 — 5,9× as much. Of 15.017 copies already graded, 75 % received a 10 and 18 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €137,34 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 54 auctions the median was €30,50, across 291 fixed-price sales €25,36. Auctions therefore fetched about 20 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between €18,60 and €28,52, with a median of €23,25. 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 €16,34. Offers well below €9,80 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 €35,54 (16), Italian €26,21 (25), English €25,38 (268). French fetches about 42 % 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.