Dark Gyarados

A PSA 10 currently sells for about €1.064,47, raw the card sits at €47,60 — 22,4× as much. Of 509 copies already graded, 23 % received a 10 and 36 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €585,97 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 52 auctions the median was €23,29, across 103 fixed-price sales €26,03. Fixed price therefore fetched about 12 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between €17,09 and €31,23, with a median of €21,53. 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 €12,72. Offers well below €7,63 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: Japanese €24,64 (10), English €21,85 (185). Japanese fetches about 13 % 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.