$Mitch Williams [Refractor] #49 (Baseball Cards 1993 Finest) — is it worth grading?$

Is Mitch Williams [Refractor] #49 worth grading?

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Grading rarely pays for this card

Grade 9.5 copies of Mitch Williams [Refractor] #49 sell for $88.00, only $23.00 above the $65.00 raw price — less than an economy-tier grading fee. A PSA 9 ($80.25) 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): $65.00
Grade 9.5: $88.00
PSA 9: $80.25
Gem premium: 1.4×
As of: Sep 3, 2026

Break-even by outcome and fee

Mitch Williams [Refractor] #49: 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	$88.00	−$2.00	−$27.00	−$127
PSA 9	$80.25	−$9.75	−$34.75	−$135
PSA 8	$33.51	−$56.49	−$81.49	−$181

Net = sale price − $65.00 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?

Mitch Williams [Refractor] #49: expected value of submitting by gem probability
Chance it gems	Expected sale	Expected net (standard fee)
25%	$82.19	−$32.81
50%	$84.13	−$30.88
75%	$86.06	−$28.94

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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Mitch Williams [Refractor] #49 graded prices by company and grade
Grade	Graded
9.5	$88.00
9	$80.25
8	$33.51

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