Is Maxie's Hidden Ball Trick worth grading?

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Grading rarely pays for this card

PSA 9 copies of Maxie's Hidden Ball Trick sell for $22.29, only $22.03 above the $0.26 raw price — less than an economy-tier grading fee. A PSA 9 ($22.29) only about breaks even after fees, so the case rests on gemming. Keep it raw unless you are grading for the slab itself.

Raw (NM): $0.26
PSA 9: $22.29
PSA 9: $22.29
Gem premium: 86×
As of: Aug 10, 2026

Break-even by outcome and fee

Maxie's Hidden Ball Trick: 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 — PSA 9	$22.29	−$2.97	−$27.97	−$128
PSA 9	$22.29	−$2.97	−$27.97	−$128
PSA 8	$20.63	−$4.63	−$29.63	−$130

Net = sale price − $0.26 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?

Maxie's Hidden Ball Trick: expected value of submitting by gem probability
Chance it gems	Expected sale	Expected net (standard fee)
25%	$22.29	−$27.97
50%	$22.29	−$27.97
75%	$22.29	−$27.97

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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Maxie's Hidden Ball Trick graded prices by company and grade
Grade	PSA
9	$22.29
8	$7.00
7	$11.00
6	$12.47

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