Gyarados

A PSA 10 currently sells for about €4.092,00, raw the card sits at €36,54 — 112,0× as much. Of 638 copies already graded, 5 % received a 10 and 21 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €735,90 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 7 auctions the median was €94,13, across 46 fixed-price sales €48,39. Auctions therefore fetched about 95 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between €32,40 and €50,92, with a median of €41,05. 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 €23,24. Offers well below €13,94 are typically fakes, mislabelled cards or a different variant — ask for photos of all four borders and a close-up of the surface.

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.