Is Pierre Emerick Aubameyang [Gold] #53 worth grading?

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Grading rarely pays for this card

Grade 9.5 copies of Pierre Emerick Aubameyang [Gold] #53 sell for $7.00, only $0.00 above the $12.99 raw price — less than an economy-tier grading fee. A PSA 9 ($6.27) sells for less than raw, so anything short of a 10 loses money. Keep it raw unless you are grading for the slab itself.

Raw (NM): $12.99
Grade 9.5: $7.00
PSA 9: $6.27
Gem premium: 0.5×
As of: Sep 3, 2026

Break-even by outcome and fee

Pierre Emerick Aubameyang [Gold] #53: 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	$7.00	−$30.99	−$55.99	−$156
PSA 9	$6.27	−$31.72	−$56.72	−$157

Net = sale price − $12.99 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?

Pierre Emerick Aubameyang [Gold] #53: expected value of submitting by gem probability
Chance it gems	Expected sale	Expected net (standard fee)
25%	$6.45	−$56.54
50%	$6.63	−$56.36
75%	$6.82	−$56.17

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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Pierre Emerick Aubameyang [Gold] #53 graded prices by company and grade
Grade	Graded
9.5	$7.00
9	$6.27

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