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A PSA 10 currently sells for about €948,22, raw the card sits at €14,63 — 64,8× as much. Of 547 copies already graded, 28 % received a 10 and 32 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €544,05 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 41 auctions the median was €14,37, across 125 fixed-price sales €10,35. Auctions therefore fetched about 39 % more — worth it mainly for sought-after cards with several bidders.

Half of all sales fell between €6,99 and €15,75, with a median of €9,77. 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 €4,99. Offers well below €2,99 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 €12,86 (146), French €10,96 (34), German €6,00 (18). English fetches about 114 % 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.