Sandy Shocks ex

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £89.06, raw the card sits at £17.38 — 5,1× as much. Of 1.873 copies already graded, 40 % received a 10 and 51 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £48.37 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 £14.97, across 175 fixed-price sales £19.97. 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 £14.89 and £21.95, with a median of £18.02. 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 £12.26. Offers well below £7.36 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 £29.76 (15), English £17.17 (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.