Cloyster

A PSA 10 currently sells for about $561.10, raw the card sits at $120.90 — 4,6× as much. Of 1.074 copies already graded, 5 % received a 10 and 29 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns $446.44 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 22 auctions the median was $84.28, across 85 fixed-price sales $84.19. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between $47.03 and $102.54, with a median of $70.55. 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 $38.80. Offers well below $23.28 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.