Ethan's Magcargo

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £46.77, raw the card sits at £3.76 — 12,4× as much. Of 598 copies already graded, 67 % received a 10 and 23 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £35.76 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 239 auctions the median was £5.21, across 750 fixed-price sales £6.16. Fixed price therefore fetched about 18 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £4.74 and £7.32, with a median of £5.88. 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 £3.74. Offers well below £2.24 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 £8.27 (42), German £6.80 (96), Italian £4.59 (13). French fetches about 119 % 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.