Master Ball

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £70.23, raw the card sits at £1.97 — 35,6× as much. Of 927 copies already graded, 51 % received a 10 and 41 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £42.85 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 22 auctions the median was £0.85, across 98 fixed-price sales £2.21. Fixed price therefore fetched about 160 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £1.55 and £2.62, with a median of £2.12. 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 £0.99. Offers well below £0.59 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 £3.39 (23), English £1.77 (192). German fetches about 92 % 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.