Ariados

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £63.00, raw the card sits at £2.10 — 30,0× as much. Of 1.734 copies already graded, 35 % received a 10 and 40 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £30.99 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 16 auctions the median was £1.28, across 180 fixed-price sales £2.23. Fixed price therefore fetched about 75 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £1.75 and £2.83, with a median of £2.19. 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 £1.28. Offers well below £0.77 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 £3.40 (12), German £2.45 (17), English £2.02 (374). French fetches about 68 % 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.