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
$310
Raw · $180 – $520
Desk book
Raw
$310
$180 – $520
PSA 10
$1,450
PSA 9 $260
Population suggests a real shot at a grade that clears raw plus fees. Liquidity also concentrates in holders at this level.
Grade yield
50% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: +$69 after grading costs. Worth submitting.
PSA regular · $50 fee · $15 ship · $8 insurance · about 45 days. Shifted by this photo's 7.5 and 8,120 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $310 · PSA 10 $1,450 · PSA 9 $260 · PSA 8 no book
- PSA 1015% · pop 1,860+$884 after fee
- PSA 935% · pop 4,200-$149 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
50% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: +$69 after grading costs. Worth submitting. 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
- Silver Prizm rainbow must refract under light. Flat gray copies are the common fake.
Census
How many exist
Graded
8,120
Gem mint
1,860
Gem rate
22.9%
Available now
54
- PSA 94,200 pop · 24 listed
- PSA 101,860 pop · 11 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 10 · $1,320 · Sep 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
Raw · Heritage
Sep 12, 2026
$322
PSA 10 · PWCC
Aug 9, 2026
$1,324
PSA 10 · PWCC
Aug 5, 2026
$1,321
PSA 9 · PWCC
Jul 14, 2026
$254
PSA 10 · Heritage
Apr 16, 2026
$1,359
PSA 9 · PWCC
May 25, 2026
$280
PSA 9 · eBay
Mar 2, 2026
$254
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
- $1,450
- 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: Silver Prizm rainbow must refract under light. Flat gray copies are the common fake.
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
The silver is the liquidity layer of the 2018 class. Base Prizm is a different, cheaper card.