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A PSA 10 currently sells for about £88.10, raw the card sits at £7.98 — 11,0× as much. Of 1.016 copies already graded, 31 % received a 10 and 52 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £38.38 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 56 auctions the median was £6.17, across 147 fixed-price sales £7.82. Fixed price therefore fetched about 27 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £6.34 and £8.89, with a median of £7.46. 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 £4.81. Offers well below £2.89 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 £12.81 (14), English £7.78 (202). German fetches about 65 % 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.