Shining Ho-Oh

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £447.95, raw the card sits at £22.37 — 20,0× as much. Of 9.664 copies already graded, 25 % received a 10 and 44 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £170.11 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 68 auctions the median was £25.51, across 270 fixed-price sales £24.63. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £15.24 and £29.26, with a median of £22.31. 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 £13.69. Offers well below £8.21 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 £25.60 (24), English £21.89 (348). French fetches about 17 % 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.