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A PSA 10 currently sells for about £2,357, raw the card sits at £21.68 — 108,7× as much. Of 314 copies already graded, 3 % received a 10 and 16 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £199.62 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 39 auctions the median was £5.36, across 122 fixed-price sales £9.74. Fixed price therefore fetched about 82 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £4.41 and £12.96, with a median of £8.30. 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 £2.52. Offers well below £1.51 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 £9.74 (173), German £3.66 (17). English fetches about 166 % 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.