Helioptile

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £36.35, raw the card sits at £2.93 — 12,4× as much. Of 3.855 copies already graded, 63 % received a 10 and 32 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £28.38 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 81 auctions the median was £2.56, across 284 fixed-price sales £3.56. 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 £2.51 and £3.87, with a median of £3.11. 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 £2.03. Offers well below £1.22 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 £3.90 (20), Italian £3.63 (33), English £2.93 (574). French fetches about 53 % 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.