Parasol Lady

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £43.25, raw the card sits at £3.78 — 11.5× as much. Of 817 copies already graded, 40 % received a 10 and 47 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £21.46 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 30 auctions the median was £2.94, across 144 fixed-price sales £4.40. Fixed price therefore fetched about 50 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £3.66 and £5.25, with a median of £4.40. 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 £3.14. Offers well below £1.88 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: German £5.45 (28), English £3.73 (298). German fetches about 46 % 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.