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A PSA 10 currently sells for about £230.21, raw the card sits at £13.44 — 17,1× as much. Of 197 copies already graded, 71 % received a 10 and 20 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £171.58 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 61 auctions the median was £11.39, across 229 fixed-price sales £14.52. 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 £10.67 and £16.79, with a median of £13.35. 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 £8.06. Offers well below £4.84 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 £13.39 (282), German £10.46 (11). English fetches about 28 % 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.