Larry's Staraptor

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £31.82, raw the card sits at £3.58 — 8.9× as much. Of 463 copies already graded, 76 % received a 10 and 18 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £27.92 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 186 auctions the median was £3.18, across 630 fixed-price sales £4.08. Fixed price therefore fetched about 28 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £2.99 and £4.86, with a median of £3.74. 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 £2.38. Offers well below £1.43 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: German £4.59 (72), French £4.24 (11), English £3.17 (962). German fetches about 45 % 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.