Swablu

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £144.58, raw the card sits at £17.14 — 8,4× as much. Of 2.353 copies already graded, 38 % received a 10 and 51 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £70.66 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 134 auctions the median was £14.82, across 369 fixed-price sales £16.91. Fixed price therefore fetched about 14 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £13.68 and £19.56, with a median of £16.23. 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 £10.45. Offers well below £6.27 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: Italian £22.87 (15), English £14.91 (489), German £12.75 (102). Italian fetches about 79 % 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.