$Cooper Flagg [Red Refractor] #16 (Basketball Cards 2024 Bowman Chrome University) — is it worth grading?$

Is Cooper Flagg [Red Refractor] #16 worth grading?

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Grading rarely pays for this card

Grade 9.5 copies of Cooper Flagg [Red Refractor] #16 sell for $1,733, only $0.00 above the $2,500 raw price — less than an economy-tier grading fee. A PSA 9 ($1,575) 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): $2,500
Grade 9.5: $1,733
PSA 9: $1,575
Gem premium: 0.7×
As of: Sep 4, 2026

Break-even by outcome and fee

Cooper Flagg [Red Refractor] #16: 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	$1,733	−$792	−$817	−$917
PSA 9	$1,575	−$950	−$975	−$1,075

Net = sale price − $2,500 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?

Cooper Flagg [Red Refractor] #16: expected value of submitting by gem probability
Chance it gems	Expected sale	Expected net (standard fee)
25%	$1,615	−$936
50%	$1,654	−$896
75%	$1,694	−$857

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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Cooper Flagg [Red Refractor] #16 graded prices by company and grade
Grade	Graded
9.5	$1,733
9	$1,575

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