Ethan's Adventure

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £23.50, raw the card sits at £2.97 — 7.9× as much. Of 1.304 copies already graded, 50 % received a 10 and 37 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £17.38 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 96 auctions the median was £2.62, across 342 fixed-price sales £3.64. Fixed price therefore fetched about 39 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £2.65 and £4.48, with a median of £3.32. 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 £2.15. Offers well below £1.29 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 £3.04 (16), English £2.99 (704), German £2.76 (40). French fetches about 10 % more.

Last Sold 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.