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A PSA 10 currently sells for about £368.55, raw the card sits at £8.38 — 44,0× as much. Of 395 copies already graded, 22 % received a 10 and 35 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £124.22 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 28 auctions the median was £13.47, across 81 fixed-price sales £14.64. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £10.20 and £17.73, with a median of £13.93. 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 £7.90. Offers well below £4.74 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.