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A PSA 10 currently sells for about £239.62, raw the card sits at £8.64 — 27.7× as much. Of 621 copies already graded, 5 % received a 10 and 16 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £48.44 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 213 auctions the median was £4.05, across 465 fixed-price sales £5.92. Fixed price therefore fetched about 46 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £3.71 and £7.63, with a median of £5.24. 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 £2.60. Offers well below £1.56 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: German £9.95 (23), Italian £8.89 (10), English £6.71 (679). German fetches about 48 % 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.