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A PSA 10 currently sells for about £81.44, raw the card sits at £7.08 — 11,5× as much. Of 4.672 copies already graded, 32 % received a 10 and 54 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £39.52 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 330 auctions the median was £6.58, across 1130 fixed-price sales £7.81. Fixed price therefore fetched about 19 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £6.63 and £8.90, with a median of £7.46. 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 £5.49. Offers well below £3.30 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 £10.64 (40), English £6.49 (1459), Italian £4.26 (40). French fetches about 178 % 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.