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
$85
Raw · $40 – $160
Desk book
Raw
$85
$40 – $160
PSA 10
$280
PSA 9 $70
Population suggests a real shot at a grade that clears raw plus fees. Liquidity also concentrates in holders at this level.
Grade yield
53% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: −$2 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 $85 · PSA 10 $280 · PSA 9 $70 · PSA 8 no book
- PSA 1029% · pop 11,400+$93 after fee
- PSA 924% · pop 8,200-$89 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
- Base chrome vs refractor is the first call. Confirm 2018 Topps Chrome header and the Angels debut photo.
Census
How many exist
Graded
24,600
Gem mint
11,400
Gem rate
46.3%
Available now
128
- PSA 98,200 pop · 36 listed
- PSA 1011,400 pop · 48 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 10 · $255 · Sep 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
PSA 9 · Heritage
Aug 28, 2026
$65
Raw · Fanatics
Sep 5, 2026
$83
Raw · PWCC
Aug 16, 2026
$78
PSA 10 · eBay
Jun 7, 2026
$262
PSA 9 · Fanatics
May 30, 2026
$69
PSA 9 · eBay
Jun 23, 2026
$75
PSA 10 · Goldin
Jun 21, 2026
$295
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
- $85
- Raw now
- $85
- Gem book
- $280
- 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: Base chrome vs refractor is the first call. Confirm 2018 Topps Chrome header and the Angels debut photo.
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
Modern flagship. Refractors, autos, and the Update paper RC trade on different rails.