The Rocket's Trap

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £256.83, raw the card sits at £22.41 — 11,5× as much. Of 1.823 copies already graded, 6 % received a 10 and 29 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £90.30 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 80 auctions the median was £14.83, across 172 fixed-price sales £19.39. Fixed price therefore fetched about 31 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £11.96 and £22.21, with a median of £16.79. 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 £8.84. Offers well below £5.31 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: Japanese £23.34 (29), English £18.55 (250). Japanese fetches about 26 % 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.