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A PSA 10 currently sells for about £557.71, raw the card sits at £24.86 — 22,4× as much. Of 288 copies already graded, 34 % received a 10 and 39 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £278.49 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 23 auctions the median was £10.26, across 91 fixed-price sales £13.18. Fixed price therefore fetched about 28 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £8.97 and £15.85, with a median of £12.88. 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 £5.10. Offers well below £3.06 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: English £12.45 (119), German £4.48 (11). English fetches about 178 % 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.