Emcee's Hype

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £35.07, raw the card sits at £1.62 — 21.6× as much. Of 1.105 copies already graded, 57 % received a 10 and 32 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £24.20 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 112 auctions the median was £2.18, across 490 fixed-price sales £2.42. Fixed price therefore fetched about 11 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £1.86 and £3.31, with a median of £2.43. 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 £1.46. Offers well below £0.87 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: French £4.59 (14), German £2.51 (42), English £2.24 (806). French fetches about 105 % more.

Last Sold 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.