City of Brass

Why this card

A top grade is worth €1733, about 1.5 times the €1162 it costs to buy and send this card in. Of the 116 copies already graded, 9.5% came back that high. On average, one raw copy loses €442 after grading. The 10 pays, the average copy does not — pristine only.

Population

One grade up

Each row buys the lower slab at the guide price and sells it on the next priced PSA rung. The leftover is what remains if the copy actually comes back there, after the PSA fee and about 10% to sell the new slab. Dirt on the surface can sometimes earn that one rung. Centering, corners, edges, and a crease cannot. The prices do not say which of those held this copy down.

1. PSA 7 → 8€581 → €710−€17
2. PSA 8 → 9€710 → €813−€52
3. PSA 9 → 9.5€813 → €1699+€640
4. PSA 9.5 → 10€1699 → €1733−€289

A positive leftover is only worth opening the slab when the card in hand is limited by surface.

Raw → 10

€1087→€17331.6×

Raw is the Cardmarket trend. PSA 10 is the PriceCharting guide.

Gem

9.5%

PSA 10s seen

11

PSA graded seen

116

7 / 7.5

€581

8 / 8.5

€710

PSA 9

€813

BGS 10

€2253

CGC 10

€1129

SGC 10

€1040

9.5

€1699

Fee

€75

All-in

€1162

Spread

€571

EV / copy

−€442

Sales/yr

58/yr

Fee is the PSA tier for the declared value, shipped from Europe. EV is what an average raw copy returns after grading and selling costs, minus the all-in. Positive on the average copy is Submit; positive only on a clean copy is Cherry-pick.