The Card Edge Apr 30, 2026  ·  Issue #007

Raw plays and crack & cross tonight. An Ant Edwards Contenders Optic Red Auto ending in 3 hours. Kobe Thrill Seekers with a $2,000 PSA 9 comp. LeBron/Curry Prizm Black Color Blast Duals with a $12,295 PSA 10 comp. MJ 1985 Star in the wrong slab. All live on eBay right now.


raw worth grading

Buy the card. Send it to PSA. Collect the difference.

Anthony Edwards 2020-21 Contenders Optic Red RC Auto /149ends in 3h

bid $898  ·  raw  ·  PSA 10 sold $2,700 (Mar 2025). CL $3,568. Red Auto /149 for the best player on the planet right now. Ending tonight.

Caitlin Clark 2024-25 Prizm WNBA Silver RC #145ends in 2h 44m

bid $102.50  ·  raw  ·  PSA 10 sold $1,650 (Apr 19). CL $1,679. Raw at $102. Season opens next week. Time to grade this.

Ja Morant 2024-25 Donruss Optic Downtown Case Hit SSPends in 2h 15m

bid $224.50  ·  raw  ·  PSA 10 sold $635 (Feb 14). CL $698. Downtown SSP Case Hit ending tonight.

Jayden Daniels 2024 Donruss Optic Uptowns SP RC1d 4h

bid $122.50  ·  raw  ·  PSA 10 sold $620 (Apr 29 — yesterday). CL $620. Freshest comp in the newsletter. Raw at $122.

T.J. Watt 2021 Panini Donruss Optic Downtown #DT-171d 17h

bid $470  ·  raw  ·  PSA 10 sold $815 (Apr 2). CL $800. Best defensive player in football. Downtown raw at $470.

Kobe Bryant 1996-97 Bowman's Best Picks Refractor RC #BP102d 3h

bid $760  ·  raw  ·  PSA 7 sold $470 (Jun 2025). CL $933. Raw Kobe Bowman's Best Picks Refractor RC. Upside is significant.

Jerry West 1991-92 UD Basketball Heroes Auto /25002d 3h

bid $36  ·  raw  ·  PSA 6 sold $238 (Feb 2026). CL $208. On-card Jerry West auto /2500 under $40 raw. Grade premium is real.

Kobe Bryant 1997-98 Fleer Thrill Seekers Holo SSP 2/103d 4h

bid $290  ·  raw  ·  PSA 9 sold $2,000 (Apr 27). CL $2,000. 2 of 10. One of the hardest Kobe inserts to find. Under $300 raw.

Kobe Bryant 1997 UD SPX Die-Cut Gold Holo SSP 2nd Year3d 4h

bid $111  ·  raw  ·  PSA 8 sold $150 (May 2024). CL $428. Die-Cut Gold SSP holo. Under $115 raw.

Kobe Bryant 2000 UD Hardcourt Authentics On-Card Auto4d 5h

bid $1,226  ·  raw  ·  PSA 7.5 sold $3,500 (Feb 9). CL $4,111. On-card Kobe auto. The PSA premium on this is massive.

Tim Duncan 1997 Bowman's Best Atomic Refractor RC SSP3d 4h

bid $210.50  ·  raw  ·  PSA 10 sold $2,925 (Apr 13). CL $2,836. Duncan Atomic Refractor SSP RC raw under $215.

LeBron James 2003-04 UD New Heights RC SSP 3D Holo3d 4h

bid $31  ·  raw  ·  PSA 10 sold $314 (Apr 29 — yesterday). CL $314. LeBron RC SSP 3D Holo under $35 raw. Grade this.

Allen Iverson 1996 Bowman's Best Picks Atomic Refractor SSP RC3d 4h

bid $162.50  ·  raw  ·  PSA 9 sold $356 (Nov 2023). CL $336. Iverson Atomic Refractor RC SSP. One of the hardest 90s Iverson cards to grade.

Chris Paul 2006-07 Topps Finest Red X-Fractor /253d 4h

bid $20.50  ·  raw  ·  sold $86 (Oct 2025). Numbered /25. Under $25 raw. A legitimate grail-tier card for Chris Paul collectors.

LeBron James / Stephen Curry 2024-25 Prizm Black Color Blast Duals #13d 2h

bid $3,150  ·  raw  ·  PSA 10 sold $12,295 (Nov 2025). CL $11.72k. Numbered #1. LeBron and Curry on the same card. Raw at $3,150.


crack & cross

Wrong slab. Move it to PSA. Collect the difference.

Michael Jordan 1985 Star All-Rookies #2 MBA 8.57d 5h

bid $7,000  ·  MBA 8.5  ·  PSA 7 sold $15,000 (Apr 25). CL $10,000. Sitting in an MBA slab. Crack it, cross to PSA, and the upside is enormous.

Kobe Bryant 2018-19 Panini Revolution Signatures Auto BCTC 9/102d 4h

bid $2,025  ·  BCTC 9/10  ·  PSA 10 sold $1,550 (May 2023). BCTC slab. Crack it, cross to PSA, and that number moves.


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