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
$460
Raw · $280 – $780
Desk book
Raw
$460
$280 – $780
PSA 10
$1,600
PSA 9 $520
Population suggests a real shot at a grade that clears raw plus fees. Liquidity also concentrates in holders at this level.
Grade yield
45% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: +$58 after grading costs. Worth submitting.
PSA regular · $50 fee · $15 ship · $8 insurance · about 45 days. Shifted by this photo's 7.5 and 12,800 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $460 · PSA 10 $1,600 · PSA 9 $520 · PSA 8 no book
- PSA 1011% · pop 2,100+$864 after fee
- PSA 934% · pop 6,400-$74 after fee
- PSA 811%
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
Grade it before you sell
Liquidity 65
45% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: +$58 after grading costs. Worth submitting. 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.
- 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
- Bowman Chrome, not Bowman paper. Surface scratching is the condition fight.
Census
How many exist
Graded
12,800
Gem mint
2,100
Gem rate
16.4%
Available now
54
- PSA 96,400 pop · 28 listed
- PSA 102,100 pop · 9 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 9 · $495 · Aug 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
PSA 10 · Fanatics
Aug 24, 2026
$1,622
PSA 10 · Goldin
Jul 20, 2026
$1,541
Raw · eBay
Jun 15, 2026
$504
Raw · Heritage
May 19, 2026
$438
Raw · PWCC
Jun 5, 2026
$460
Raw · Goldin
Jul 24, 2026
$469
PSA 9 · eBay
Jun 15, 2026
$524
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
- $460
- Raw now
- $460
- Gem book
- $1,600
- 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: Bowman Chrome, not Bowman paper. Surface scratching is the condition fight.
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
A 9 is the working lot. True 10s gap up and sit.