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A PSA 10 currently sells for about £142.69, raw the card sits at £5.81 — 24,6× as much. Of 2.310 copies already graded, 42 % received a 10 and 47 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £71.49 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 41 auctions the median was £5.58, across 265 fixed-price sales £5.87. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £4.40 and £6.79, with a median of £5.34. 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 £3.61. Offers well below £2.17 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: French £6.98 (13), German £6.79 (40), Italian £5.56 (10). French fetches about 34 % 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.