Pikachu

A PSA 10 currently sells for about €858,56, raw the card sits at €8,96 — 95,8× as much. Of 2.029 copies already graded, 14 % received a 10 and 53 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €163,22 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 22 auctions the median was €7,43, across 79 fixed-price sales €6,35. Auctions therefore fetched about 17 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between €4,95 and €8,00, with a median of €6,10. 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 €3,84. Offers well below €2,30 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 €8,85 (43), French €6,67 (11), English €5,25 (62). Italian fetches about 69 % 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.