Seismitoad

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £1,421, raw the card sits at £152.92 — 9,3× as much. Of 5.986 copies already graded, 18 % received a 10 and 61 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £399.25 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 228 auctions the median was £151.54, across 431 fixed-price sales £167.54. 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 £131.17 and £184.09, with a median of £154.67. 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 £104.98. Offers well below £62.99 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: French £168.19 (18), Italian £152.97 (12), English £152.01 (501). French fetches about 44 % 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.