$Brooks Kieschnick [Refractor] #136 (Baseball Cards 1996 Topps Chrome) — is it worth grading?$

Is Brooks Kieschnick [Refractor] #136 worth grading?

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Worth grading — even a PSA 9 beats raw

A Grade 9.5 Brooks Kieschnick [Refractor] #136 sells for $99.00 against $5.90 raw: a $93.10 spread, 17× the ungraded price. Even a PSA 9 ($90.00) 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): $5.90
Grade 9.5: $99.00
PSA 9: $90.00
Gem premium: 17×
As of: Sep 2, 2026

Break-even by outcome and fee

Brooks Kieschnick [Refractor] #136: 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	$99.00	+$68.10	+$43.10	−$56.90
PSA 9	$90.00	+$59.10	+$34.10	−$65.90
PSA 8	$28.56	−$2.34	−$27.34	−$127

Net = sale price − $5.90 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 [Refractor] #136: expected value of submitting by gem probability
Chance it gems	Expected sale	Expected net (standard fee)
25%	$92.25	+$36.35
50%	$94.50	+$38.60
75%	$96.75	+$40.85

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 [Refractor] #136 graded prices by company and grade
Grade	Graded
9.5	$99.00
9	$90.00
8	$28.56
7	$12.50

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