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
$14.5k
Raw · $8,000 – $28.0k
Desk book
Raw
$14.5k
$8,000 – $28.0k
PSA 10
$310k
PSA 9 $28.0k
The math is close. Slab if you want liquidity and a cert; stay raw if you like the card in hand.
Grade yield
24% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: +$5,558 after grading costs. Leave it raw.
PSA regular · $50 fee · $15 ship · $174 insurance · about 45 days. Shifted by this photo's 7.5 and 5,480 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $14.5k · PSA 10 $310k · PSA 9 $28.0k · PSA 8 $12.0k
- PSA 102% · pop 142+$255k after fee
- PSA 922% · pop 1,640+$9,739 after fee
- PSA 834% · pop 2,100-$4,149 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
No season window on this sport. The call is only the listed pile and the pop. 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.
- 1st Edition stamp ink, size, and placement are the most faked marks in TCG
- Shadowless vs Unlimited is a back-and-border call, not just the stamp
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
- The 1st Edition stamp is the most faked mark in TCG. It must be the correct ink, placement, and under the right shadowless/unlimited combination — this card is shadowless + stamp.
Census
How many exist
Graded
5,480
Gem mint
142
Gem rate
2.6%
Available now
16
- PSA 82,100 pop · 8 listed
- PSA 91,640 pop · 3 listed
- PSA 10142 pop · 0 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 9 · $26,400 · Aug 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
PSA 10 · Goldin
Sep 12, 2026
$283k
PSA 10 · Goldin
Sep 7, 2026
$317k
Raw · Goldin
Aug 4, 2026
$13.3k
PSA 10 · Heritage
Jul 1, 2026
$306k
PSA 9 · Fanatics
Jul 4, 2026
$26.6k
PSA 9 · Fanatics
Jul 11, 2026
$30.3k
PSA 9 · PWCC
Mar 1, 2026
$27.5k
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
- $14.5k
- Raw now
- $14.5k
- Gem book
- $310k
- Lift after fees
- -$50
Keep it raw · 45-day regular at $50.
Tells
How fakes fail
Stamp, shadow, and holo pattern decide the market.
- 1st Edition stamp ink, size, and placement are the most faked marks in TCG
- Shadowless vs Unlimited is a back-and-border call, not just the stamp
- Holo should have the era swirl — modern holo sheets look wrong
- Unlimited, Shadowless, and 1st Edition are three different books
On this issue: The 1st Edition stamp is the most faked mark in TCG. It must be the correct ink, placement, and under the right shadowless/unlimited combination — this card is shadowless + stamp.
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 TCG equivalent of a Mantle. Gem-mint copies almost never hit the open market.