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Grading with PSA pays if your copy has better than a 1% chance of a 10.

3% of the 985 copies PSA has graded got a 10. People mostly send their cleanest copies, so a typical raw copy's odds are lower.

Raw (NM)

$65.58

TCGplayer

PSA 10

$3,826

6 sales

PSA 9

$114.25

24 sales

If it misses

$95.26

below 10, by PSA's grades