Sandy Shocks ex

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £88.89, raw the card sits at £15.53 — 5.7× as much. Of 1.941 copies already graded, 39 % received a 10 and 51 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £47.82 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 70 auctions the median was £14.95, across 175 fixed-price sales £19.94. Fixed price therefore fetched about 33 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £14.86 and £21.91, with a median of £17.99. 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 £12.24. Offers well below £7.34 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 £29.71 (15), English £17.14 (330). German fetches about 73 % 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.