THE COLLECTOR FILE / CARD & COMPS
2008–09 Topps Basketball Rookie card
Reference: 1726/2008; submitted copy 0338/2008
PRELIMINARY RAW GUIDE · LOW CONFIDENCE
$30–$110
Preliminary raw guide · low confidence
An editorial starting range from market evidence's reported raw results. Original accepted amounts and condition were not independently confirmed for those records; this is not a range of primary-verified sales. A blue mark and overall condition need an in-hand review.
A broad editorial range rounded around four reported raw records: $28, $40, $61 and $110 between May and August 2026. These are attributed secondary records, including accepted offers; their original final amounts were not independently confirmed. The wide band retains the higher reported result and does not apply a scarcity or grade multiplier.
Assumptions: Assumes an authentic, ungraded 2008–09 Topps Gold Border #199 /2008 with no substantial unreported damage or alteration. The submitted 0338/2008 stamp is visible, but the blue mark's cause and a numerical grade cannot be established from photos. Actual bids or a shop's net offer may fall outside this guide.
The reverse confirms the numbered Gold rookie: #199, ©2008 and 0338/2008. Reported raw results support a cautious $30–$110 starting guide, with weak price confidence because original transaction amounts were not all verifiable. PSA reports a separate PSA 8 Gold auction at $66 in February 2026; that historical graded result shows why grading costs matter, but it does not predict this card's grade or price.
See the compsTHE NUMBERS, IN FOCUS
Numbered Gold edition, not pack odds
Attributed raw price records informing the guide
Historical PSA 8 auction in PSA sales history
Primary raw final amounts independently verified
No matching Raw / ungraded transaction was verified in this research pass. Different grades or printings can inform research, but do not establish an exact-card sold price.
Review the evidence notes ↓The calculator starts with a $50 hypothetical raw alternative and uses the PSA-reported $66 historical graded result only as an illustrative scenario. With $30 extra cost and 13% fees, the example loses $16.08 versus selling raw; break-even is $84.49. Change every input to fit an actual offer and current costs.
FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE
market evidence's visible raw-sale rows and PSA's public certification/sales-history pages were read. PSA independently identifies cert 59820176 as 2008 Topps #199 Gold, NM-MT 8, and reports the $66 auction. These source-attributed records are useful context but are not presented as primary market evidence transactions independently verified in this pass. No probability of a grade is supplied.
Raw source IDs are listed with each record. Source prices are historical dollar amounts; buyer tax, shipping and payment completion were not independently verified. PSA also reports Best Offer transactions at $58 on March 24 and $89.99 on August 28; they are not used to imply a confirmed graded premium. A separate raw listing 336716823925 was marked sold August 12 at $110 or Best Offer, but its accepted amount remains unknown and is excluded from estimate inputs.
Gold Foil, the separate 1958 design, unnumbered base and Chrome are different printings. The independent photo listing's current $129 or Best Offer is an active ask, not a sale or estimate input. Price-guide estimates and generic product-page photos are not completed-sale verification. An observed blue fleck does not establish an error-card premium or promise a particular grade.
THE GRADING DECISION
The $50 raw alternative is hypothetical, not a verified comp. The $66 graded input comes from PSA's reported February 2026 PSA 8 auction for a different copy, not a forecast for this card. $30 incremental all-in grading cost and 13% fee are editable examples, not current quotes. The same fee applies to both routes. No grade is predicted from the submitted photo. This calculator does not predict a grade, a sale price or the chance of a grading outcome.
Raw net = raw gross × (1 − fee). Graded net = graded gross × (1 − fee) − added grading costs. Break-even graded gross = raw gross + added costs ÷ (1 − fee), rounded up to the next cent.
Fee is entered as a percentage. This comparison excludes the shared purchase cost of the card. Add every incremental grading cost above; other taxes and costs are not modeled.
Graded gross sale needed to match your raw net
Rounded up to the next cent to cover the added costs.
Enter four valid assumptions to compare the alternatives.
A higher grade is not guaranteed. A card’s condition and matching graded sales still matter.
PULL ODDS
The serial stamp establishes this Gold edition's numbering. Applicable manufacturer pack odds and product quantities were not verified; no numerical pull probability is inferred.
SMALL DETAILS. DIFFERENT CARDS.
The submitted reverse visibly confirms #199, ©2008 and 0338/2008; its Gold front matches the numbered Gold Border rookie. The independent seller front/reverse shows the same design and 1726/2008. PSA labels matching numbered examples GOLD, distinct from GOLD FOIL. The reference reverse also has a small blue fleck at the left margin; its cause and relation to the submitted mark are unverified. Do not diagnose damage, a recurring printing error or grading impact from this alone.
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