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
$480
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
49% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: −$34 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 24,600 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $240 · PSA 10 $480 · PSA 9 $210 · PSA 8 no book
- PSA 1014% · pop 5,600+$112 after fee
- PSA 934% · pop 12,400-$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
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
- Clippers rookie photo. Confirm 2018 Prizm, not 2019 second-year.
Census
How many exist
Graded
24,600
Gem mint
5,600
Gem rate
22.8%
Available now
128
- PSA 912,400 pop · 72 listed
- PSA 105,600 pop · 26 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 10 · $455 · Sep 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
PSA 10 · Heritage
Aug 31, 2026
$468
PSA 9 · Goldin
Aug 15, 2026
$202
Raw · Goldin
Jul 9, 2026
$261
Raw · Heritage
Aug 7, 2026
$227
PSA 10 · Fanatics
Jun 30, 2026
$449
Raw · PWCC
Mar 2, 2026
$245
PSA 10 · eBay
Mar 16, 2026
$521
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
- $480
- 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: Clippers rookie photo. Confirm 2018 Prizm, not 2019 second-year.
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
MVP years keep the bid. Base 10s still print most weeks.