Spearow

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £40.05, raw the card sits at £3.72 — 10,8× as much. Of 3.874 copies already graded, 67 % received a 10 and 27 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £32.06 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 71 auctions the median was £3.05, across 273 fixed-price sales £4.46. Fixed price therefore fetched about 46 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £3.15 and £5.03, with a median of £3.95. 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 £2.62. Offers well below £1.57 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 £6.80 (78), French £5.10 (35), English £3.65 (546). German fetches about 89 % 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.