Ninetales

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £241.90, raw the card sits at £23.74 — 10,2× as much. Of 22.308 copies already graded, 23 % received a 10 and 53 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £83.28 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 409 auctions the median was £27.64, across 852 fixed-price sales £30.52. Fixed price therefore fetched about 10 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £24.93 and £33.21, with a median of £29.07. 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 £20.83. Offers well below £12.50 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 £28.05 (190), French £25.46 (104), English £25.22 (1039). German fetches about 43 % 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.