Elesa's Sparkle

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £42.56, raw the card sits at £12.60 — 3,4× as much. Of 4.812 copies already graded, 53 % received a 10 and 35 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £30.47 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 85 auctions the median was £11.19, across 277 fixed-price sales £14.08. Fixed price therefore fetched about 26 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £11.05 and £15.14, with a median of £12.68. 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 £8.95. Offers well below £5.37 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 £14.29 (20), English £11.19 (421). German fetches about 28 % 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.