$Kobe Bryant [Atomic Refractor] #58 (Basketball Cards 1999 Bowman's Best) — is it worth grading?$

Is Kobe Bryant [Atomic Refractor] #58 worth grading?

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Grading rarely pays for this card

Grade 7 copies of Kobe Bryant [Atomic Refractor] #58 sell for $1,295, only $0.00 above the $1,788 raw price — less than an economy-tier grading fee. A PSA 9 ($1,058) 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): $1,788
Grade 7: $1,295
PSA 9: $1,058
Gem premium: 0.7×
As of: Sep 4, 2026

Break-even by outcome and fee

Kobe Bryant [Atomic Refractor] #58: 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 7	$1,295	−$518	−$543	−$643
PSA 9	$1,058	−$755	−$780	−$880

Net = sale price − $1,788 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?

Kobe Bryant [Atomic Refractor] #58: expected value of submitting by gem probability
Chance it gems	Expected sale	Expected net (standard fee)
25%	$1,117	−$720
50%	$1,176	−$661
75%	$1,236	−$602

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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Kobe Bryant [Atomic Refractor] #58 graded prices by company and grade
Grade	Graded
9.5	$1,164
9	$1,058
7	$1,295

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