Is Lonzo Ball [Green Flood] #199 worth grading?

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Grading rarely pays for this card

Grade 9.5 copies of Lonzo Ball [Green Flood] #199 sell for $7.00, only $3.77 above the $3.23 raw price — less than an economy-tier grading fee. A PSA 9 ($6.66) 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): $3.23
Grade 9.5: $7.00
PSA 9: $6.66
Gem premium: 2.2×
As of: Sep 3, 2026

Break-even by outcome and fee

Lonzo Ball [Green Flood] #199: 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	$7.00	−$21.23	−$46.23	−$146
PSA 9	$6.66	−$21.57	−$46.57	−$147

Net = sale price − $3.23 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?

Lonzo Ball [Green Flood] #199: expected value of submitting by gem probability
Chance it gems	Expected sale	Expected net (standard fee)
25%	$6.75	−$46.48
50%	$6.83	−$46.40
75%	$6.92	−$46.31

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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Lonzo Ball [Green Flood] #199 graded prices by company and grade
Grade	Graded
9.5	$7.00
9	$6.66

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