Mienshao

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £80.58, raw the card sits at £4.00 — 20,2× as much. Of 953 copies already graded, 40 % received a 10 and 49 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £40.21 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 57 auctions the median was £4.40, across 189 fixed-price sales £6.56. Fixed price therefore fetched about 49 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £5.20 and £7.54, with a median of £6.20. 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 £4.25. Offers well below £2.55 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 £13.57 (10), Italian £6.85 (13), English £5.52 (314). French fetches about 174 % 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.