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A PSA 10 currently sells for about £10,473, raw the card sits at £272.71 — 38,4× as much. Of 1.254 copies already graded, 8 % received a 10 and 31 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £2,003 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 61 auctions the median was £100.41, across 112 fixed-price sales £178.14. Fixed price therefore fetched about 77 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £67.98 and £159.14, with a median of £106.28. 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 £34.35. Offers well below £20.61 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 £306.60 (24), English £256.09 (68), Italian £110.15 (22). German fetches about 178 % 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.