Desk grade
7.5
6.5 – 8.0
Range from this photo. Not a PSA, BGS, or SGC cert.
- Centering
- 7.5
- Corners
- 7.5
- Edges
- 7.5
- Surface
- 7.5
Estimate from catalog averages, not a live surface check.
Glare, blur, and parallels get missed. The grading company still has the cert.
Value
Keep it raw
$42.0k
Raw · $18.0k – $95.0k
Desk book
Raw
$42.0k
$18.0k – $95.0k
PSA 10
$12.6M
PSA 9 $2.80M
At this price the grading fee is noise, but gem rates are brutal. A miss can lock in a mid-grade that sells for less than a strong raw copy.
Grade yield
4% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: +$185,937 after grading costs. Leave it raw.
PSA regular · $50 fee · $15 ship · $504 insurance · about 45 days. Shifted by this photo's 7.5 and 1,870 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $42.0k · PSA 10 $12.6M · PSA 9 $2.80M · PSA 8 $520k
- PSA 10<1% · pop 3+$10.9M after fee
- PSA 93% · pop 6+$2.39M after fee
- PSA 814% · pop 98+$409k after fee
Net is the slab price minus a 13% take, ship pad, a $50 fee, and raw. A 10 is not the likely outcome of a 9 photo.
Hold or sell
High liquidity — sell into the listed pile
Liquidity 73
18 copies are already listed. Baseball is in the postseason window. The book moves with the series, then cools. One census snapshot — not a live pop velocity.
Trust shield
Check these tells
A phone photo cannot measure font kerning or a rosette against a reference set. These are the known tells for this issue.
- Period cardboard has fiber and a warm tone — bright white stock is a reprint tell
- Check the exact green or yellow of the bio panel against a known copy
- Dot pattern under magnification should be era-correct, not inkjet
Liquidity
List this copy
Title, desk grade, and comps in one block. We do not submit it for you.
Authenticity
Likely authentic
Visual review, not a cert.
Census match on a well-documented issue. Still verify holograms, stamps, and stock in hand — photos miss texture.
- Print and type match known copies of this issue
- Stock and finish consistent with the set
- One of the most counterfeited cards in the hobby. Check stock thickness, the yellow-green back, and the exact type treatment on Mantle.
Census
How many exist
Graded
1,870
Gem mint
3
Gem rate
0.2%
Available now
18
- PSA 41,280 pop · 11 listed
- PSA 6410 pop · 4 listed
- PSA 898 pop · 1 listed
- PSA 96 pop · 0 listed
- PSA 103 pop · 0 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 4 · $46,800 · Aug 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
PSA 10 · Goldin
Sep 7, 2026
$11.4M
Raw · PWCC
Aug 4, 2026
$46.7k
PSA 9 · PWCC
Aug 7, 2026
$2.89M
PSA 9 · Goldin
May 14, 2026
$2.61M
Raw · eBay
Jul 14, 2026
$39.2k
PSA 10 · PWCC
Jul 5, 2026
$12.6M
Raw · Heritage
May 17, 2026
$45.7k
On the market
Open a live search on the desks that actually print paper.
Desk
If you send it in
Set the grade you think you have and the service you would buy.
- At PSA 6
- $125k
- Raw now
- $42.0k
- Gem book
- $12.6M
- Lift after fees
- +$83.0k
Send it to slab · 45-day regular at $50.
Tells
How fakes fail
Stock, back quiz, and type are the whole game.
- Period cardboard has fiber and a warm tone — bright white stock is a reprint tell
- Check the exact green or yellow of the bio panel against a known copy
- Dot pattern under magnification should be era-correct, not inkjet
- Glossy modern coating on a 1950s card is almost always wrong
On this issue: One of the most counterfeited cards in the hobby. Check stock thickness, the yellow-green back, and the exact type treatment on Mantle.
Centering & surface
Meter L/R and T/B from this photo, then loupe the print. A hint at what PSA, BGS, or SGC might say — not a cert.
Scan a photo of this copy to measure borders.
Lot notes
The hobby's white whale. Population collapses above NM. A true gem is a once-a-decade event.