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
Send it to slab
$420
Raw · $220 – $780
Desk book
Raw
$420
$220 – $780
PSA 10
$6,200
PSA 9 $640
Population suggests a real shot at a grade that clears raw plus fees. Liquidity also concentrates in holders at this level.
Grade yield
32% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: +$221 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 11,200 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $420 · PSA 10 $6,200 · PSA 9 $640 · PSA 8 $280
- PSA 106% · pop 980+$4,897 after fee
- PSA 926% · pop 4,200+$71 after fee
- PSA 831% · pop 3,600-$242 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.
- True Prizm silver refracts under a moving light — flat gray is a counterfeit
- Chrome stock has a specific snap; paper-backed 'chrome' is fake
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
- Chrome rainbow must move. Base Topps paper is a different, cheaper card. Confirm the 1996 Topps Chrome set mark.
Census
How many exist
Graded
11,200
Gem mint
980
Gem rate
8.8%
Available now
48
- PSA 83,600 pop · 16 listed
- PSA 94,200 pop · 14 listed
- PSA 10980 pop · 3 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 10 · $5,800 · Aug 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
PSA 9 · eBay
Sep 13, 2026
$634
PSA 10 · Fanatics
Aug 29, 2026
$6,821
PSA 10 · Heritage
Aug 5, 2026
$6,655
Raw · PWCC
Aug 15, 2026
$404
PSA 10 · eBay
May 11, 2026
$5,910
PSA 10 · Fanatics
Jul 18, 2026
$6,858
PSA 10 · PWCC
Mar 16, 2026
$6,303
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
- $420
- Raw now
- $420
- 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: Chrome rainbow must move. Base Topps paper is a different, cheaper card. Confirm the 1996 Topps Chrome set mark.
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 1996 chrome that still clears. Refractors dwarf the base.