Pidove

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £444.36, raw the card sits at £21.87 — 20,3× as much. Of 552 copies already graded, 24 % received a 10 and 55 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £132.55 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 81 auctions the median was £14.81, across 299 fixed-price sales £22.50. Fixed price therefore fetched about 52 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £14.52 and £26.11, with a median of £20.52. 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 £11.79. Offers well below £7.08 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 £26.34 (22), German £25.49 (16), English £22.10 (417). Italian fetches about 129 % 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.