Summary

Expected result

Grade it—expected

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Sell it—raw, cash today, no risk

— expected profit vs selling raw

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—Best option

—Back by

—Break-even 10

Prices and odds

PriceChartingPSA pop

Arrows here compare against the raw price and the set average. Past prices are in the price chart.

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Raw PSA 9 PSA 10

Average recent sold prices. Edit any number to match the comps you trust.

Chance of PSA 10 30% Chance of PSA 9 45% Chance of PSA 8 15%

Below 8: 10%, valued at the raw price.

PSA 8 price Shipping per card

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PSA tiers and resale settings

Every PSA tier for this card

Other slabs resell at

Other graders don't publish comparable pop counts. Fee sources

Wait for PSA Value?

Hold or rip?

Today's sealed prices against the expected value of the cards inside, where a pull-rate model exists. Older sets show price and age only.

Rip line: cards worth 70% of price

GEM doesn't predict prices. It compares what a product costs today with the average value of its cards, and how old the set is.

EV counts cards only, at TCGplayer market prices before selling fees. ETB EV covers its booster packs, not promos or accessories. Sources and method

Sealed premium grows with age

PSA

The backlog, when the cheap Value tiers could come back, and every service level.

Falling

Cards waiting at PSA

PSA

8.2M

−0.8M in 2 wks

Blue: PSA's updates. Green dashed: projected path to the 5M reopen line, with a fast-to-slow range.

Value tiers could reopen

Projection

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Burn rate

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cards a week, last 6 weeks

To go

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above the 5M reopen line

PSA output

2.07M

cards graded in May, +25% YoY

Next update

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Latest from PSA

Oct 6, 2026

Backlog down to 8.2M from 9M on Sep 22. Six global hubs running at high output; PSA says it is on track to assess reopening more tiers in the coming months.

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Tiers and turnaround

Every PSA service level, when cards come back, and the other graders.

If you ship to PSA today

Tier

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Change the assumptions

Shipping to PSA Delivered until entered at PSA Return shipping

PSA's clock starts when your order is entered, not when the box arrives. Collector guides saw about 15 business days of intake in May. Sources

Open now

PSA

Premium tiers, $25K+ cards

Paused

Cheapest tier you can order

$21.99 in January, $79.99 after the Value pause, $59.99 since Standard opened.

Other graders

What changed at PSA this year

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