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
$240
Raw · $140 – $410
Desk book
Raw
$240
$140 – $410
PSA 10
$520
PSA 9 $210
The math is close. Slab if you want liquidity and a cert; stay raw if you like the card in hand.
Grade yield
46% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: −$29 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 35,200 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $240 · PSA 10 $520 · PSA 9 $210 · PSA 8 no book
- PSA 1013% · pop 7,400+$146 after fee
- PSA 933% · pop 16,800-$123 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
- Update US183 is the true Topps RC. Series 1/2 Harper cards are not this lot.
Census
How many exist
Graded
35,200
Gem mint
7,400
Gem rate
21.0%
Available now
168
- PSA 916,800 pop · 88 listed
- PSA 107,400 pop · 33 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 10 · $490 · Aug 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
Raw · eBay
Sep 15, 2026
$219
PSA 9 · eBay
Aug 1, 2026
$219
PSA 10 · PWCC
Jun 24, 2026
$510
PSA 9 · Goldin
May 27, 2026
$219
Raw · Goldin
Jul 15, 2026
$258
Raw · Goldin
Apr 19, 2026
$243
Raw · Goldin
May 25, 2026
$256
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
- $240
- Raw now
- $240
- Gem book
- $520
- 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: Update US183 is the true Topps RC. Series 1/2 Harper cards are not this lot.
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
Phillies years keep it turning. Golds and black border are a different book.