Blaine's Ninetales

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £297.61, raw the card sits at £14.91 — 20,0× as much. Of 313 copies already graded, 12 % received a 10 and 27 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £83.38 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 62 auctions the median was £9.04, across 198 fixed-price sales £12.30. Fixed price therefore fetched about 36 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £7.46 and £14.66, with a median of £10.90. 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 £5.05. Offers well below £3.03 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: English £12.79 (364), Japanese £6.45 (49). English fetches about 98 % 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.