Metal Energy

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £89.85, raw the card sits at £12.90 — 7,0× as much. Of 1.699 copies already graded, 2 % received a 10 and 19 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £33.92 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 86 auctions the median was £4.59, across 117 fixed-price sales £8.70. Fixed price therefore fetched about 89 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £4.45 and £10.59, with a median of £7.48. 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 £2.24. Offers well below £1.35 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 £10.05 (237), Japanese £5.13 (41). English fetches about 96 % 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.