Altaria ex δ

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £12,700, raw the card sits at £91.84 — 138,3× as much. Of 701 copies already graded, 3 % received a 10 and 21 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £1,592 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 41 auctions the median was £56.98, across 87 fixed-price sales £44.63. Auctions therefore fetched about 28 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between £31.45 and £57.19, with a median of £43.30. 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 £25.78. Offers well below £15.47 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 £72.30 (17), English £37.36 (80). German fetches about 94 % 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.