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
$410
Raw · $220 – $780
Desk book
Raw
$410
$220 – $780
PSA 10
$9,800
PSA 9 $920
The math is close. Slab if you want liquidity and a cert; stay raw if you like the card in hand.
Grade yield
19% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: +$104 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 12,880 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $410 · PSA 10 $9,800 · PSA 9 $920 · PSA 8 $360
- PSA 101% · pop 214+$8,031 after fee
- PSA 918% · pop 3,100+$324 after fee
- PSA 837% · pop 5,400-$163 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
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
- Foil peeling and silvering are condition, not authenticity. Fakes often miss the SP foil grain.
Census
How many exist
Graded
12,880
Gem mint
214
Gem rate
1.7%
Available now
61
- PSA 85,400 pop · 28 listed
- PSA 93,100 pop · 14 listed
- PSA 10214 pop · 2 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 9 · $860 · Aug 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
PSA 9 · Fanatics
Sep 6, 2026
$943
PSA 10 · PWCC
Aug 13, 2026
$10.2k
PSA 9 · PWCC
Jun 30, 2026
$1,016
PSA 9 · eBay
Jun 16, 2026
$904
Raw · Goldin
Jul 15, 2026
$414
PSA 10 · Heritage
Aug 11, 2026
$9,764
PSA 10 · Fanatics
Jul 6, 2026
$10.6k
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
- $410
- Raw now
- $410
- Gem book
- $9,800
- Lift after fees
- -$50
Keep it raw · 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: Foil peeling and silvering are condition, not authenticity. Fakes often miss the SP foil grain.
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 foil chipped on contact. Gem-mint copies are exponentially rarer than the raw market implies.