Shining Ho-Oh

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £447.15, raw the card sits at £22.33 — 20.0× as much. Of 9.678 copies already graded, 25 % received a 10 and 44 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £169.66 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 69 auctions the median was £25.10, across 271 fixed-price sales £24.71. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £15.21 and £29.21, with a median of £22.28. 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 £13.67. Offers well below £8.20 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 £25.69 (24), English £25.07 (350). The difference is small — language barely matters here.

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.