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A PSA 10 currently sells for about €527,12, raw the card sits at €10,95 — 48,1× as much. Of 597 copies already graded, 6 % received a 10 and 16 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €72,01 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 176 auctions the median was €4,77, across 324 fixed-price sales €6,99. Fixed price therefore fetched about 47 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between €4,33 and €9,19, with a median of €6,13. 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 €2,63. Offers well below €1,58 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 €14,01 (16), Italian €9,37 (10), English €6,50 (397). German fetches about 116 % 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.