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
$320
Raw · $180 – $560
Desk book
Raw
$320
$180 – $560
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
20% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: −$40 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 8,600 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $320 · PSA 10 $2,400 · PSA 9 $520 · PSA 8 $240
- PSA 102% · pop 180+$1,698 after fee
- PSA 918% · pop 2,100+$66 after fee
- PSA 841% · pop 4,200-$177 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
- WotC holo. Confirm the Neo Discovery set symbol and unlimited vs 1st stamp.
Census
How many exist
Graded
8,600
Gem mint
180
Gem rate
2.1%
Available now
44
- PSA 84,200 pop · 22 listed
- PSA 92,100 pop · 9 listed
- PSA 10180 pop · 1 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 8 · $230 · Aug 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
Raw · Heritage
Aug 26, 2026
$319
PSA 9 · Goldin
Aug 29, 2026
$565
Raw · eBay
Jun 12, 2026
$289
PSA 9 · PWCC
Jun 20, 2026
$520
PSA 9 · Heritage
Apr 11, 2026
$490
PSA 10 · Heritage
Apr 19, 2026
$2,584
Raw · Fanatics
Mar 2, 2026
$357
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
- $320
- Raw now
- $320
- Gem book
- $2,400
- 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: WotC holo. Confirm the Neo Discovery set symbol and unlimited vs 1st 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.
Scan a photo of this copy to measure borders.
Lot notes
E-series Umbreon without Evolving Skies money. Unlimited 8s are the working lot.