Is Yunus Musah [Optic Black Velocity] #161 worth grading?

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Grading rarely pays for this card

Grade 9.5 copies of Yunus Musah [Optic Black Velocity] #161 sell for $78.00, only $0.00 above the $200 raw price — less than an economy-tier grading fee. A PSA 9 ($70.67) 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): $200
Grade 9.5: $78.00
PSA 9: $70.67
Gem premium: 0.4×
As of: Sep 3, 2026

Break-even by outcome and fee

Yunus Musah [Optic Black Velocity] #161: 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	$78.00	−$147	−$172	−$272
PSA 9	$70.67	−$154	−$179	−$279

Net = sale price − $200 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?

Yunus Musah [Optic Black Velocity] #161: expected value of submitting by gem probability
Chance it gems	Expected sale	Expected net (standard fee)
25%	$72.50	−$177
50%	$74.34	−$176
75%	$76.17	−$174

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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Yunus Musah [Optic Black Velocity] #161 graded prices by company and grade
Grade	Graded
9.5	$78.00
9	$70.67

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