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A PSA 10 currently sells for about £131.06, raw the card sits at £3.67 — 35,7× as much. Of 379 copies already graded, 26 % received a 10 and 36 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £104.80 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 13 auctions the median was £2.13, across 72 fixed-price sales £2.98. Fixed price therefore fetched about 40 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £2.23 and £3.78, with a median of £2.94. 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 £1.76. Offers well below £1.06 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 £4.06 (15), English £2.92 (297). German fetches about 39 % 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.