Altaria

A PSA 10 currently sells for about $338.25, raw the card sits at $13.78 — 24,5× as much. Of 1.725 copies already graded, 33 % received a 10 and 48 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns $127.93 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 93 auctions the median was $11.22, across 470 fixed-price sales $13.62. Fixed price therefore fetched about 21 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between $10.51 and $15.37, with a median of $13.04. 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 $7.31. Offers well below $4.38 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 $12.30 (25), English $12.29 (676), German $10.06 (31). Italian fetches about 99 % 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.