Is Ed Belfour [French] #30 worth grading?

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Grading rarely pays for this card

Grade 9.5 copies of Ed Belfour [French] #30 sell for $15.00, only $13.16 above the $1.84 raw price — less than an economy-tier grading fee. A PSA 9 ($13.99) 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): $1.84
Grade 9.5: $15.00
PSA 9: $13.99
Gem premium: 8.2×
As of: Sep 4, 2026

Break-even by outcome and fee

Ed Belfour [French] #30: 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	$15.00	−$11.84	−$36.84	−$137
PSA 9	$13.99	−$12.85	−$37.85	−$138

Net = sale price − $1.84 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?

Ed Belfour [French] #30: expected value of submitting by gem probability
Chance it gems	Expected sale	Expected net (standard fee)
25%	$14.24	−$37.60
50%	$14.50	−$37.34
75%	$14.75	−$37.09

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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Ed Belfour [French] #30 graded prices by company and grade
Grade	Graded
9.5	$15.00
9	$13.99

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