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
$520
Raw · $280 – $980
Desk book
Raw
$520
$280 – $980
PSA 10
$6,200
PSA 9 $980
The math is close. Slab if you want liquidity and a cert; stay raw if you like the card in hand.
Grade yield
15% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: +$7 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 48,210 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $520 · PSA 10 $6,200 · PSA 9 $980 · PSA 8 $420
- PSA 10<1% · pop 368+$4,797 after fee
- PSA 914% · pop 8,600+$266 after fee
- PSA 829% · pop 14,200-$220 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
Basketball is in its long season. Stars stay liquid. Commons do not. 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.
- Warning: confirm the 1986 Fleer copyright line. A later Fleer logo is the common reprint.
- Red Fleer borders must register with the photo — drift is common on fakes
- Confirm the 1986 Fleer copyright line, not a later Fleer logo
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
- Reprint and counterfeit flood. Look for the correct Fleer logo, red-border registration, and the 1986 copyright line.
Census
How many exist
Graded
48,210
Gem mint
368
Gem rate
0.8%
Available now
214
- PSA 814,200 pop · 86 listed
- PSA 98,600 pop · 41 listed
- PSA 10368 pop · 7 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 10 · $5,850 · Sep 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
Raw · PWCC
Aug 24, 2026
$559
PSA 10 · Fanatics
Aug 14, 2026
$6,761
Raw · Fanatics
Jul 23, 2026
$535
PSA 9 · eBay
Aug 14, 2026
$883
Raw · Fanatics
Apr 30, 2026
$506
PSA 9 · Fanatics
Apr 18, 2026
$990
PSA 9 · Heritage
Apr 5, 2026
$927
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 Raw
- $520
- Raw now
- $520
- Gem book
- $6,200
- Lift after fees
- -$50
Keep it raw · 45-day regular at $50.
Tells
How fakes fail
Border registration and copyright lines catch most reprints.
- Red Fleer borders must register with the photo — drift is common on fakes
- Confirm the 1986 Fleer copyright line, not a later Fleer logo
- Upper Deck holograms must show the diamond; flat silver stickers fail
- Centering on these issues is wild even on real copies — don't use it as a fake tell
On this issue: Reprint and counterfeit flood. Look for the correct Fleer logo, red-border registration, and the 1986 copyright line.
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.
Lot notes
The modern hobby's cornerstone. Raw copies are plentiful; gem-mint centering is the whole game.