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A PSA 10 currently sells for about £1,755, raw the card sits at £74.34 — 23,6× as much. Of 1.059 copies already graded, 13 % received a 10 and 28 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £597.51 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 48 auctions the median was £68.83, across 128 fixed-price sales £79.58. Fixed price therefore fetched about 16 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £46.69 and £88.51, with a median of £64.23. 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 £29.80. Offers well below £17.88 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 £102.04 (13), English £98.77 (125). The difference is small — language barely matters here.

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.