Dark Patch

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £33.38, raw the card sits at £3.00 — 11,1× as much. Of 409 copies already graded, 40 % received a 10 and 39 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £22.96 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 21 auctions the median was £1.68, across 90 fixed-price sales £2.67. Fixed price therefore fetched about 59 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £2.20 and £3.72, with a median of £2.66. 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 £1.59. Offers well below £0.95 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: English £2.53 (122), German £2.44 (11). The difference is small — language barely matters here.

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.