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A PSA 10 currently sells for about €1.860,00, raw the card sits at €173,00 — 10,8× as much. Of 17.336 copies already graded, 24 % received a 10 and 52 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns €644,70 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 256 auctions the median was €151,00, across 556 fixed-price sales €163,28. There is no meaningful difference — what matters here is how fast you want to sell.

Half of all sales fell between €114,60 and €171,91, with a median of €146,00. 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 €87,06. Offers well below €52,24 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: Italian €199,26 (25), English €155,81 (669), French €146,72 (15). Italian 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.