Shining Noctowl

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £2,029, raw the card sits at £221.55 — 9,2× as much. Of 3.999 copies already graded, 7 % received a 10 and 21 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £735.17 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 116 auctions the median was £245.59, across 195 fixed-price sales £234.66. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £146.00 and £245.80, with a median of £194.09. 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 £114.75. Offers well below £68.85 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 £193.99 (210), German £127.46 (15). English fetches about 52 % 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.