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A PSA 10 currently sells for about £88.12, raw the card sits at £12.53 — 7.0× as much. Of 4.463 copies already graded, 45 % received a 10 and 46 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £51.45 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 166 auctions the median was £10.23, across 638 fixed-price sales £12.78. Fixed price therefore fetched about 25 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £10.12 and £13.88, with a median of £11.81. 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 £8.43. Offers well below £5.06 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 £11.70 (882), German £8.02 (51), French £6.79 (14). English fetches about 72 % 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.