Magmortar

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £159.46, raw the card sits at £9.49 — 16,8× as much. Of 3.542 copies already graded, 36 % received a 10 and 49 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £71.88 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 113 auctions the median was £8.55, across 516 fixed-price sales £9.69. Fixed price therefore fetched about 13 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £8.20 and £10.90, with a median of £9.36. 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 £7.31. Offers well below £4.39 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 £12.45 (31), Italian £10.20 (11), English £9.49 (711). German fetches about 31 % 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.