Talonflame V

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £42.91, raw the card sits at £2.93 — 14,6× as much. Of 770 copies already graded, 52 % received a 10 and 34 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £32.77 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 25 auctions the median was £2.75, across 69 fixed-price sales £3.55. Fixed price therefore fetched about 29 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £2.63 and £4.05, with a median of £3.08. 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 £2.10. Offers well below £1.26 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: German £4.02 (12), English £2.87 (113). German fetches about 40 % 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.