Is Brock Purdy [Black Ice] #89 worth grading?

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Grading rarely pays for this card

Grade 9.5 copies of Brock Purdy [Black Ice] #89 sell for $15.00, only $0.00 above the $25.00 raw price — less than an economy-tier grading fee. A PSA 9 ($14.00) 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): $25.00
Grade 9.5: $15.00
PSA 9: $14.00
Gem premium: 0.6×
As of: Sep 4, 2026

Break-even by outcome and fee

Brock Purdy [Black Ice] #89: 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	−$35.00	−$60.00	−$160
PSA 9	$14.00	−$36.00	−$61.00	−$161

Net = sale price − $25.00 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?

Brock Purdy [Black Ice] #89: expected value of submitting by gem probability
Chance it gems	Expected sale	Expected net (standard fee)
25%	$14.25	−$60.75
50%	$14.50	−$60.50
75%	$14.75	−$60.25

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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Brock Purdy [Black Ice] #89 graded prices by company and grade
Grade	Graded
9.5	$15.00
9	$14.00

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