Espathra

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £77.13, raw the card sits at £6.74 — 11,4× as much. Of 950 copies already graded, 48 % received a 10 and 42 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £44.42 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 65 auctions the median was £4.40, across 305 fixed-price sales £6.52. Fixed price therefore fetched about 48 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £5.21 and £7.30, 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 £4.24. 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: English £6.70 (432), German £3.44 (32). English fetches about 95 % 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.