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
$290
Raw · $180 – $480
Desk book
Raw
$290
$180 – $480
PSA 10
$2,400
PSA 9 $520
The math is close. Slab if you want liquidity and a cert; stay raw if you like the card in hand.
Grade yield
23% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: −$14 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 41,200 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $290 · PSA 10 $2,400 · PSA 9 $520 · PSA 8 $240
- PSA 102% · pop 890+$1,728 after fee
- PSA 922% · pop 12,400+$96 after fee
- PSA 839% · pop 18,600-$147 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.
- 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
- Paper Topps, not Chrome or Finest. Confirm the 1996 copyright and Lakers home white.
Census
How many exist
Graded
41,200
Gem mint
890
Gem rate
2.2%
Available now
176
- PSA 818,600 pop · 92 listed
- PSA 912,400 pop · 44 listed
- PSA 10890 pop · 4 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 9 · $495 · Sep 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
Raw · eBay
Sep 20, 2026
$263
Raw · Goldin
Aug 13, 2026
$264
PSA 10 · eBay
Aug 2, 2026
$2,441
PSA 10 · Heritage
Jun 24, 2026
$2,447
Raw · eBay
Jun 20, 2026
$324
PSA 9 · Fanatics
Jul 18, 2026
$494
PSA 10 · eBay
Jun 22, 2026
$2,516
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
- $290
- Raw now
- $290
- Gem book
- $2,400
- 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: Paper Topps, not Chrome or Finest. Confirm the 1996 copyright and Lakers home white.
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
Chrome is the cousin on the flagship board. This paper still turns daily.