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A PSA 10 currently sells for about £29.85, raw the card sits at £5.86 — 5.1× as much. Of 546 copies already graded, 41 % received a 10 and 42 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £18.75 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 64 auctions the median was £5.09, across 199 fixed-price sales £7.13. Fixed price therefore fetched about 40 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £5.86 and £8.44, with a median of £7.13. 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 £4.74. Offers well below £2.84 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 £6.30 (367), German £4.24 (20). English fetches about 48 % 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.