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A PSA 10 currently sells for about £849.61, raw the card sits at £29.51 — 28,8× as much. Of 588 copies already graded, 9 % received a 10 and 37 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £181.01 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 £30.76, across 76 fixed-price sales £17.95. Auctions therefore fetched about 71 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between £11.71 and £21.95, with a median of £14.93. 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 £9.47. Offers well below £5.68 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 £16.14 (11), English £13.93 (107). German fetches about 16 % 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.