Is Jonathan Ornelas [Black and White Mini Diamond Refractor] #RA-JO worth grading?

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Grading rarely pays for this card

Grade 9.5 copies of Jonathan Ornelas [Black and White Mini Diamond Refractor] #RA-JO sell for $1.00, only $0.00 above the $11.89 raw price — less than an economy-tier grading fee. A PSA 9 ($0.50) 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): $11.89
Grade 9.5: $1.00
PSA 9: $0.50
Gem premium: 0.1×
As of: Sep 4, 2026

Break-even by outcome and fee

Jonathan Ornelas [Black and White Mini Diamond Refractor] #RA-JO: 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	$1.00	−$35.89	−$60.89	−$161
PSA 9	$0.50	−$36.39	−$61.39	−$161

Net = sale price − $11.89 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?

Jonathan Ornelas [Black and White Mini Diamond Refractor] #RA-JO: expected value of submitting by gem probability
Chance it gems	Expected sale	Expected net (standard fee)
25%	$0.63	−$61.27
50%	$0.75	−$61.14
75%	$0.88	−$61.02

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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Jonathan Ornelas [Black and White Mini Diamond Refractor] #RA-JO graded prices by company and grade
Grade	Graded
9.5	$1.00
9	$0.50

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