Swablu

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £136.59, raw the card sits at £5.65 — 24,2× as much. Of 1.785 copies already graded, 33 % received a 10 and 44 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £56.51 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 130 auctions the median was £4.68, across 572 fixed-price sales £5.54. Fixed price therefore fetched about 18 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £4.41 and £6.34, with a median of £5.20. 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 £3.69. Offers well below £2.21 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 £7.65 (61), French £6.73 (27), Italian £6.62 (23). German fetches about 46 % 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.