Heracross

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £223.53, raw the card sits at £19.62 — 11.4× as much. Of 3.100 copies already graded, 20 % received a 10 and 51 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £64.86 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 124 auctions the median was £16.71, across 311 fixed-price sales £19.97. Fixed price therefore fetched about 20 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £16.01 and £22.05, with a median of £18.68. 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 £13.13. Offers well below £7.88 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 £19.47 (437), Italian £17.63 (10), German £16.94 (42). English fetches about 25 % 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.