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
$280
Raw · $160 – $480
Desk book
Raw
$280
$160 – $480
PSA 10
$640
PSA 9 $240
The math is close. Slab if you want liquidity and a cert; stay raw if you like the card in hand.
Grade yield
47% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: −$23 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 44,600 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $280 · PSA 10 $640 · PSA 9 $240 · PSA 8 no book
- PSA 1014% · pop 9,800+$211 after fee
- PSA 933% · pop 21,400-$137 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
Mixed book — no rush
Liquidity 65
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.
- 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
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
- High-number 726. Confirm the Mariners road grey and 2001 Topps trivia back.
Census
How many exist
Graded
44,600
Gem mint
9,800
Gem rate
22.0%
Available now
172
- PSA 921,400 pop · 91 listed
- PSA 109,800 pop · 36 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 10 · $610 · Sep 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
PSA 9 · Heritage
Sep 3, 2026
$225
PSA 9 · Heritage
Jul 20, 2026
$230
PSA 9 · PWCC
Aug 14, 2026
$238
Raw · eBay
Jul 22, 2026
$273
Raw · Goldin
Jun 25, 2026
$278
Raw · Heritage
Jul 6, 2026
$291
Raw · Fanatics
Jan 19, 2026
$262
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
- $280
- Raw now
- $280
- Gem book
- $640
- 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: High-number 726. Confirm the Mariners road grey and 2001 Topps trivia back.
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
Hall of Fame paper that still lists by the dozen. Golds are the step-up.