$Brooks Kieschnick [Blue Refractor] #5 (Baseball Cards 1994 Bowman's Best) — is it worth grading?$

Is Brooks Kieschnick [Blue Refractor] #5 worth grading?

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Worth grading — even a PSA 9 beats raw

A Grade 9.5 Brooks Kieschnick [Blue Refractor] #5 sells for $89.00 against $2.64 raw: a $86.36 spread, 34× the ungraded price. Even a PSA 9 ($80.75) clears the raw price after an economy-tier ~$25 fee, so a near-miss still comes out ahead. Centering is the usual reason a clean copy misses the 10 — measure it before you submit.

Raw (NM): $2.64
Grade 9.5: $89.00
PSA 9: $80.75
Gem premium: 34×
As of: Sep 4, 2026

Break-even by outcome and fee

Brooks Kieschnick [Blue Refractor] #5: 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	$89.00	+$61.36	+$36.36	−$63.64
PSA 9	$80.75	+$53.11	+$28.11	−$71.89

Net = sale price − $2.64 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?

Brooks Kieschnick [Blue Refractor] #5: expected value of submitting by gem probability
Chance it gems	Expected sale	Expected net (standard fee)
25%	$82.81	+$30.17
50%	$84.88	+$32.23
75%	$86.94	+$34.30

Even a miss (a 9) beats selling raw after the standard fee — the gem rate only decides how much you win by.

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Brooks Kieschnick [Blue Refractor] #5 graded prices by company and grade
Grade	Graded
9.5	$89.00
9	$80.75

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