Is Marvin Jones [Refractor] #200 worth grading?

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Grading rarely pays for this card

Grade 9.5 copies of Marvin Jones [Refractor] #200 sell for $21.00, only $9.40 above the $11.60 raw price — less than an economy-tier grading fee. A PSA 9 ($19.34) only about breaks even after fees, so the case rests on gemming. Keep it raw unless you are grading for the slab itself.

Raw (NM): $11.60
Grade 9.5: $21.00
PSA 9: $19.34
Gem premium: 1.8×
As of: Sep 3, 2026

Break-even by outcome and fee

Marvin Jones [Refractor] #200: net result of grading versus selling raw, by outcome and fee tier
If it comes back…	Sells for	Economy / bulk (~$25.00)	Standard (~$50.00)	Express (~$150)
Gem — Grade 9.5	$21.00	−$15.60	−$40.60	−$141
PSA 9	$19.34	−$17.26	−$42.26	−$142

Net = sale price − $11.60 raw value − fee. Fee tiers are illustrative; plug your grader's current price into the calculator below.

Expected value — how often does it need to gem?

Marvin Jones [Refractor] #200: expected value of submitting by gem probability
Chance it gems	Expected sale	Expected net (standard fee)
25%	$19.75	−$41.84
50%	$20.17	−$41.43
75%	$20.59	−$41.02

At the standard fee this submission does not break even at any realistic gem rate unless the miss lands above the 9 price.

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Marvin Jones [Refractor] #200 graded prices by company and grade
Grade	Graded
9.5	$21.00
9	$19.34

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