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A PSA 10 currently sells for about £128.60, raw the card sits at £6.95 — 18,5× as much. Of 2.737 copies already graded, 38 % received a 10 and 47 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £58.69 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 85 auctions the median was £6.28, across 424 fixed-price sales £6.85. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £5.75 and £7.48, with a median of £6.54. 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 £4.72. Offers well below £2.83 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 £10.20 (31), French £7.25 (15), English £6.72 (636). German fetches about 52 % 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.