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A PSA 10 currently sells for about £7,759, raw the card sits at £74.62 — 104,0× as much. Of 386 copies already graded, 10 % received a 10 and 30 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £1,277 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 12 auctions the median was £4.84, across 100 fixed-price sales £4.46. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between £3.16 and £6.45, with a median of £4.44. 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 £2.37. Offers well below £1.42 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 £23.78 (11), English £15.06 (354). German fetches about 58 % 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.