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A PSA 10 currently sells for about £7,457, raw the card sits at £197.54 — 37,7× as much. Of 1.728 copies already graded, 6 % received a 10 and 26 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £1,575 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 103 auctions the median was £191.10, across 259 fixed-price sales £238.25. Fixed price therefore fetched about 25 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £82.61 and £239.84, with a median of £150.87. 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 £58.17. Offers well below £34.90 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: French £256.93 (12), English £201.73 (257), German £145.62 (44). French fetches about 76 % 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.