Houndstone

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £28.38, raw the card sits at £2.56 — 11,1× as much. Of 2.631 copies already graded, 68 % received a 10 and 25 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £22.62 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 235 auctions the median was £2.19, across 275 fixed-price sales £2.72. Fixed price therefore fetched about 25 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £1.97 and £3.15, with a median of £2.37. 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 £1.29. Offers well below £0.78 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: Italian £3.06 (18), French £2.51 (23), English £2.38 (591). Italian fetches about 37 % 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.