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
Close call
$420
Raw · $180 – $980
Desk book
Raw
$420
$180 – $980
Gem mint
$6,800
PSA 9 $6,800
The math is close. Slab if you want liquidity and a cert; stay raw if you like the card in hand.
Grade yield
6% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: +$517 after grading costs. Leave it raw.
PSA regular · $50 fee · $15 ship · $8 insurance · about 45 days. Shifted by this photo's 7.5 and 9,800 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $420 · PSA 10 no book · PSA 9 $6,800 · PSA 8 $1,450
- PSA 10<1%
- PSA 96% · pop 410+$5,417 after fee
- PSA 828% · pop 2,800+$774 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
Mixed book — no rush
Liquidity 65
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
- Shared rookie with Koosman. Confirm the yellow nameplate and 1968 Topps back. Print dots should be era-correct.
Census
How many exist
Graded
9,800
Gem mint
410
Gem rate
0.0%
Available now
42
- PSA 74,200 pop · 18 listed
- PSA 82,800 pop · 9 listed
- PSA 9410 pop · 1 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 8 · $1,320 · Sep 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
Raw · Heritage
Sep 5, 2026
$378
Raw · Goldin
Sep 10, 2026
$385
Raw · Goldin
Jul 12, 2026
$437
Gem · PWCC
Jul 6, 2026
$6,892
Raw · Heritage
Apr 11, 2026
$461
PSA 9 · eBay
Jul 6, 2026
$6,594
Gem · Heritage
Jun 29, 2026
$7,580
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 7
- $520
- Raw now
- $420
- Gem book
- $6,800
- Lift after fees
- +$50
Close call · 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: Shared rookie with Koosman. Confirm the yellow nameplate and 1968 Topps back. Print dots should be era-correct.
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
A deep 1968 print. Gems still command a real multiple because of the yellow borders.