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Grading with PSA pays if your copy has better than a 17% chance of a 10.

9% of the 295 copies PSA has graded got a 10. People mostly send their cleanest copies, so a typical raw copy's odds are lower.

Raw (NM)

$14.06

TCGplayer

PSA 10

$360.00

6 sales

PSA 9

$79.00

6 sales

If it misses

$38.44

below 10, by PSA's grades