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Should You Grade?

Raw Price

$24.00

Expected Value

$25.07

Net Profit

$88.50

Gem Rate

12.0%

ROI

+227%

Sales / Yr

435

The gem rate is only 12% — you'll need a very clean copy to hit PSA 10.

Best Tier for Flipping

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Factors in grading cost, turnaround time, and compounding — how fast you can reinvest profits into the next flip.

Profitability by Grading Company

Company	Best Tier	Gem Rate	Pop	10s	Cost	EV	Net Profit	ROI
PSA	PSA Standard	52.3%	8,420	1,250	$20.00	$85.40	$32.50	127%
BGS	BGS Standard	52.3%	8,420	1,250	$20.00	$85.40	$32.50	127%
CGC	CGC Standard	52.3%	8,420	1,250	$20.00	$85.40	$32.50	127%
SGC	SGC Standard	52.3%	8,420	1,250	$20.00	$85.40	$32.50	127%
TAG	TAG Standard	52.3%	8,420	1,250	$20.00	$85.40	$32.50	127%

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Shows the best-value tier from each grading company based on EV, cost, and turnaround. Pop = total graded population; 10s = grade 10 count.

Price by Grade

Raw

$24.00

BGS 10

$1,045.00

PSA 10

$803.75

SGC 10

$137.74

CGC 10

$127.50

BGS 9.5

$73.00

$69.99

$37.97

$30.24

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12.0%Gem Rate (PSA 10)

219 graded last month

Past month gem rate: 1.0%

Grade Distribution (9,644 total graded)

9,644Total

PSA 101,14311.9%

PSA 93,12432.4%

PSA 82,04021.2%

PSA 71,00810.5%

Below 72,30223.9%