Ariados

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £392.50, raw the card sits at £7.77 — 50,5× as much. Of 206 copies already graded, 11 % received a 10 and 39 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £86.67 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 14 auctions the median was £11.55, across 58 fixed-price sales £8.66. Auctions therefore fetched about 33 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between £6.59 and £9.53, with a median of £7.91. 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 £4.70. Offers well below £2.82 are typically fakes, mislabelled cards or a different variant — ask for photos of all four borders and a close-up of the surface.

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.