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A PSA 10 currently sells for about £2,963, raw the card sits at £491.47 — 6,0× as much. Of 1.244 copies already graded, 12 % received a 10 and 31 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £966.00 on average, before fees and shipping. So submitting only pays off if the card truly hits a 10 — at any lower grade little remains after fees. The grade distribution comes from the PSA Population Report; people pre-sort before submitting, so your own hit rate may differ.

Across 20 auctions the median was £147.43, across 78 fixed-price sales £223.01. Fixed price therefore fetched about 51 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £87.26 and £214.78, with a median of £147.43. 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 £42.52. Offers well below £25.51 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 £210.99 (71), German £171.25 (12). English fetches about 23 % 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.