Blaine’s Last Stand

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £112.42, raw the card sits at £27.56 — 4.1× as much. Of 541 copies already graded, 52 % received a 10 and 32 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £85.20 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 24 auctions the median was £31.25, across 88 fixed-price sales £36.07. Fixed price therefore fetched about 15 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £27.48 and £39.77, with a median of £32.77. 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 £21.91. Offers well below £13.15 are typically fakes, mislabelled cards or a different variant — ask for photos of all four borders and a close-up of the surface.

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.