Samurott

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £357.33, raw the card sits at £35.20 — 10,2× as much. Of 992 copies already graded, 20 % received a 10 and 64 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £97.39 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 77 auctions the median was £27.01, across 239 fixed-price sales £31.02. Fixed price therefore fetched about 15 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £27.24 and £35.77, with a median of £31.31. 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 £24.57. Offers well below £14.74 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 £40.82 (16), English £32.64 (347). German fetches about 25 % 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.