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
$310
Raw · $180 – $520
Desk book
Raw
$310
$180 – $520
PSA 10
$680
PSA 9 $280
The math is close. Slab if you want liquidity and a cert; stay raw if you like the card in hand.
Grade yield
45% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: −$22 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 41,200 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $310 · PSA 10 $680 · PSA 9 $280 · PSA 8 no book
- PSA 1013% · pop 8,600+$215 after fee
- PSA 932% · pop 19,200-$132 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
Basketball is in its long season. Stars stay liquid. Commons do not. 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
- 2017 Prizm base. Green and silver parallels print different books.
Census
How many exist
Graded
41,200
Gem mint
8,600
Gem rate
20.9%
Available now
188
- PSA 919,200 pop · 98 listed
- PSA 108,600 pop · 39 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 10 · $640 · Sep 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
PSA 10 · eBay
Sep 17, 2026
$613
PSA 10 · Goldin
Jul 30, 2026
$726
Raw · Heritage
Jul 18, 2026
$344
Raw · eBay
May 23, 2026
$339
PSA 9 · Fanatics
Jul 20, 2026
$267
Raw · eBay
Mar 20, 2026
$289
Raw · eBay
Feb 16, 2026
$335
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
- $310
- Raw now
- $310
- Gem book
- $680
- Lift after fees
- -$50
Keep it raw · 45-day regular at $50.
Tells
How fakes fail
Border registration and copyright lines catch most reprints.
- Red Fleer borders must register with the photo — drift is common on fakes
- Confirm the 1986 Fleer copyright line, not a later Fleer logo
- Upper Deck holograms must show the diamond; flat silver stickers fail
- Centering on these issues is wild even on real copies — don't use it as a fake tell
On this issue: 2017 Prizm base. Green and silver parallels print different books.
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
Celtics paper with real depth. A 10 is a weekly hammer, not a trophy.