Tulip

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £25.20, raw the card sits at £4.13 — 6.1× as much. Of 607 copies already graded, 43 % received a 10 and 47 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £19.38 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 51 auctions the median was £2.35, across 237 fixed-price sales £3.54. Fixed price therefore fetched about 51 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £2.80 and £4.24, with a median of £3.34. 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 £2.16. Offers well below £1.30 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 £3.34 (360), German £2.58 (26). English fetches about 30 % 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.