Is it worth grading?

Pick a card or type what it sells for raw. You get the PSA 10 price it needs to cover grading, how often a card like it loses money, and a straight answer.

The PSA 10 price you need, at a glance

What a PSA 10 has to sell for before grading pays off, at PSA’s prices and our default costs.

Raw priceFlawlessPack freshSome wear
$5$15230×$23647×$1,034207×
$10$15716×$24124×$1,056106×
$20$1678.4×$25313×$1,08354×
$50$1994.0×$2875.7×$1,16523×
$100$2512.5×$3443.4×$1,30013×
$250$4081.6×$5162.1×$1,8457.4×
$500$6691.3×$8011.6×$2,6975.4×
$1,000$1,2151.2×$1,3961.4×$4,0574.1×
$2,500$3,2231.3×$3,7161.5×$10,7194.3×
Raw priceFlawlessPack freshSome wear
€5€13527×€20942×€919184×
€10€14014×€21622×€94194×
€20€1517.5×€22711×€96848×
€50€1823.6×€2615.2×€1,05021×
€100€2352.3×€3193.2×€1,18612×
€250€3911.6×€4902.0×€1,7156.9×
€500€6531.3×€7761.6×€2,5485.1×
€1,000€1,2091.2×€1,5151.5×€4,0024.0×
€2,500€3,2531.3×€3,8171.5×€10,9914.4×

With a PSA 9 at the raw price and an 8 or lower at three quarters of it.

How it works

Grading pays when what the graded card brings in, after the marketplace’s fee and postage, beats selling it raw plus PSA’s fee and shipping.

Not every card comes back a 10. Each grade is weighed by how likely it is: by default 35 of 100 pack-fresh cards get a 10, 45 a 9 and 20 an 8 or lower. Pick how your card looks, or set your own odds.

The PSA service follows the card’s value after grading, as PSA requires: a card that becomes a $2,000€1,777 PSA 10 goes in at Express, not Standard.

The verdict uses the same rule as our boxes: Grade it when you get back at least 10% more than you put in and fewer than half of cards like this lose money. When it only pays thanks to the 10s, it’s a toss-up.

Raw prices are today’s market prices from our box pages. For graded prices, check recent sales: they move faster than raw prices.

Estimates, not promises: no grade is ever certain, and prices move.

PSA’s prices per card

For trading cards, from PSA’s price list, checked on October 17, 2026. A card goes in at the level for its value after grading.

ServicePrice per cardCard value up toTurnaround
Value–$500€444Paused for now
Standard$59.99€53.31$1,000€88990–100 business days
Priority$79.99€71.08$1,500€1,33370–80 business days
Express$199€176.84$2,500€2,22220–30 business days
Super Express$349€310.14$5,000€4,44310–15 business days
Premier$599€532.30$10,000€8,8877–10 business days
Premium 1$999€887.76$25,000€22,2165–7 business days
Premium 2$1,999€1,776.42$50,000€44,4335–7 business days
Premium 3$2,999€2,665.07$100,000€88,8655–7 business days
Premium 5$4,999€4,442.37$250,000€222,1635–7 business days
Premium 10$9,999€8,885.63$350,000€311,0285–7 business days