Not taking away from the gesture, but it's actually worth a little less than that now. Card values these days come from recent eBay sales rather than a price guide. Here are the last 3 sales of the card in the same PSA 5 grade:
I have that card in a plaque hanging on the wall in my son's bedroom
Holy **** dude
Until you get it graded and it actually comes back as a PSA 10, it's worth about $50 raw. Just because it's been protected from the start doesn't mean it's a PSA 10, as cards don't always come out of the packs perfect. A PSA 9 (which is still a high grade for this card) is worth ~$400, give or take. A PSA 8 gets down to ~$100. To give you an idea of the scarcity of a PSA 10, see the population report below:
All I can say is that both of you made out like bandits based off of how the value of cards has dropped over the years. If you cashed out you did very well.
It’s sad but true.
Yes, exactly. The PSA 5 at $40 is a correct price. But a PSA 10 goes for thousands and I've seen PSA 9s in the $400-$500 range. Its all about the condition.
Bro, is this for real? Because I'm certain my card is a high as grade you can find & as much as it would crush my soul to get rid of it, I could really use the cash.
Getting a 10 is harder than you think, especially with older cards. It may look perfect to you but graders use lenses to look at the surface and the centering needs to be at a certain ratio, not to mention the corners need to be perfect.
That’s really what it’s all about. I have a pretty big collection including over 300 Tua rookies that I’ll be giving my son. He might be able to pay 1/10th of one semester of college with it, LOL (god I hope he goes to trade school).
