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
$260
Raw · $160 – $440
Desk book
Raw
$260
$160 – $440
PSA 10
$580
PSA 9 $220
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: −$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 43,800 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $260 · PSA 10 $580 · PSA 9 $220 · PSA 8 no book
- PSA 1015% · pop 10,600+$178 after fee
- PSA 931% · pop 19,800-$134 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.
- 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
- Watch for peeling chrome and wrong font on ACUNA. Tilde on Acuña is often missing on fakes.
Census
How many exist
Graded
43,800
Gem mint
10,600
Gem rate
24.2%
Available now
204
- PSA 919,800 pop · 102 listed
- PSA 1010,600 pop · 47 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 10 · $540 · Aug 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
PSA 9 · PWCC
Aug 29, 2026
$218
PSA 9 · Fanatics
Aug 23, 2026
$217
PSA 10 · PWCC
Aug 29, 2026
$604
Raw · PWCC
May 15, 2026
$274
PSA 10 · Fanatics
Aug 14, 2026
$549
PSA 9 · eBay
Mar 26, 2026
$241
Raw · Heritage
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
- $260
- Raw now
- $260
- Gem book
- $580
- 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: Watch for peeling chrome and wrong font on ACUNA. Tilde on Acuña is often missing on fakes.
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
Trades with the Braves and the health report. Base 10s are a weekly lot.