Tarountula

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £513.64, raw the card sits at £11.18 — 45,9× as much. Of 1.537 copies already graded, 4 % received a 10 and 36 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £34.20 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 116 auctions the median was £6.97, across 360 fixed-price sales £9.69. Fixed price therefore fetched about 39 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £7.47 and £11.19, with a median of £9.35. 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 £5.88. Offers well below £3.53 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 £9.54 (516), French £8.50 (21), German £7.80 (47). English fetches about 45 % 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.