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
48% 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 32,800 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $240 · PSA 10 $480 · PSA 9 $210 · PSA 8 no book
- PSA 1014% · pop 7,200+$112 after fee
- PSA 934% · pop 16,400-$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
Hockey season is open. Young Guns move. Base cards sit. 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.
- Upper Deck Young Guns hologram must show the correct diamond under tilt
- OPC vs Topps vs UD Young Guns are three different cards — read the back
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
- 2023-24 Young Guns. Clear UV and the UD hologram — reprints showed up the week it landed.
Census
How many exist
Graded
32,800
Gem mint
7,200
Gem rate
22.0%
Available now
164
- PSA 916,400 pop · 88 listed
- PSA 107,200 pop · 34 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 · eBay
Sep 18, 2026
$478
Raw · PWCC
Jul 20, 2026
$246
PSA 9 · PWCC
Aug 17, 2026
$229
PSA 9 · Heritage
Jun 24, 2026
$203
Raw · eBay
Jun 15, 2026
$246
PSA 9 · PWCC
Apr 7, 2026
$210
Raw · Heritage
Mar 30, 2026
$222
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
The hologram is the whole authenticity call.
- Upper Deck Young Guns hologram must show the correct diamond under tilt
- OPC vs Topps vs UD Young Guns are three different cards — read the back
- Canvas and Clear Cut extras get sold as the flagship RC
- 1979 OPC Gretzky is bilingual on the back; Topps is English-only
On this issue: 2023-24 Young Guns. Clear UV and the UD hologram — reprints showed up the week it landed.
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 McDavid-class YG that still has a listed stack. Canvas and extras are another book.