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A PSA 10 currently sells for about £2,008, raw the card sits at £33.05 — 60,8× as much. Of 1.433 copies already graded, 10 % received a 10 and 29 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £396.33 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 74 auctions the median was £22.32, across 191 fixed-price sales £23.61. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £12.75 and £30.82, with a median of £20.88. 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 £8.50. Offers well below £5.10 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: English £26.37 (196), French £11.32 (14), German £9.30 (24). English fetches about 183 % 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.