Mienshao

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £204.09, raw the card sits at £6.77 — 30,2× as much. Of 387 copies already graded, 20 % received a 10 and 59 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £52.43 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 33 auctions the median was £6.38, across 150 fixed-price sales £7.11. Fixed price therefore fetched about 11 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £5.43 and £7.56, with a median of £6.38. 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 £4.61. Offers well below £2.77 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: Italian £8.74 (11), German £7.15 (21), English £6.73 (266). Italian fetches about 30 % 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.