Is Rick MacLeish #133 worth grading?

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Grading rarely pays for this card

Grade 9.5 copies of Rick MacLeish #133 sell for $10.00, only $9.13 above the $0.87 raw price — less than an economy-tier grading fee. A PSA 9 ($8.68) 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): $0.87
Grade 9.5: $10.00
PSA 9: $8.68
Gem premium: 11×
As of: Sep 3, 2026

Break-even by outcome and fee

Rick MacLeish #133: 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	$10.00	−$15.87	−$40.87	−$141
PSA 9	$8.68	−$17.19	−$42.19	−$142
PSA 8	$4.10	−$21.77	−$46.77	−$147

Net = sale price − $0.87 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?

Rick MacLeish #133: expected value of submitting by gem probability
Chance it gems	Expected sale	Expected net (standard fee)
25%	$9.01	−$41.86
50%	$9.34	−$41.53
75%	$9.67	−$41.20

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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Rick MacLeish #133 graded prices by company and grade
Grade	Graded
9.5	$10.00
9	$8.68
8	$4.10
7	$2.25

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