2022
Romance Dawn
Monkey D. Luffy
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
$230
Raw · $140 – $380
Desk book
Raw
$230
$140 – $380
PSA 10
$340
PSA 9 $190
The math is close. Slab if you want liquidity and a cert; stay raw if you like the card in hand.
Grade yield
50% chance of PSA 9+. Net potential upside: −$35 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 14,800 graded copies. Not a PSA yield.
Raw $230 · PSA 10 $340 · PSA 9 $190 · PSA 8 no book
- PSA 1029% · pop 6,800+$0 after fee
- PSA 921% · pop 4,200-$130 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
No season window on this sport. The call is only the listed pile and the pop. 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.
- Yu-Gi-Oh eye hologram must sit in the correct corner with the right foil
- 1st Edition LOB ultras are a different card from later reprints
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
- SR, not the manga parallel. Confirm OP01-060 and the English Romance Dawn stamp.
Census
How many exist
Graded
14,800
Gem mint
6,800
Gem rate
45.9%
Available now
112
- PSA 94,200 pop · 36 listed
- PSA 106,800 pop · 54 listed
Compiled census estimate (PSA/BGS public pops)
Last sale · PSA 10 · $320 · Sep 2026
Comps
Sales tape
Desk book until you pull a live market read.
Raw · Goldin
Sep 18, 2026
$245
PSA 9 · Fanatics
Aug 31, 2026
$178
Raw · Heritage
Jun 18, 2026
$207
PSA 10 · Goldin
Aug 7, 2026
$335
PSA 10 · PWCC
Apr 21, 2026
$321
Raw · PWCC
Jul 30, 2026
$257
Raw · Goldin
Mar 9, 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
- $230
- Raw now
- $230
- Gem book
- $340
- Lift after fees
- -$50
Keep it raw · 45-day regular at $50.
Tells
How fakes fail
Eye foils and texture are the first check.
- Yu-Gi-Oh eye hologram must sit in the correct corner with the right foil
- 1st Edition LOB ultras are a different card from later reprints
- Manga rares have line texture — flattened prints are the common fake
- Set codes (LOB-001, OP01-024) must match the illustration
On this issue: SR, not the manga parallel. Confirm OP01-060 and the English Romance Dawn stamp.
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 Luffy shops sell. Manga alt lives on the flagship board.