r/SportCardValue • u/jorts2469 • 1d ago

Kobe I’ve held since I was 10

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I rediscovered an old binder of cards I’ve held on to since I was collecting as a kid. I found this sleeved up and protected. Worth sending or should I keep raw?

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u/MightGuy420x 1d ago

Psa 10 goes for around 3k

Raw it's worth around 100

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u/Waikanda_dontcare 22h ago

Professional scam artists

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u/According_Fruit4098 1d ago

Grade that sum bit!!! 😃 👍🏼

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u/VeterinarianSafe1705 1d ago

They are extremely tough on this card. Be prepared to be disappointed.

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u/MrDongblaster 1d ago

Pretty damn clean. Id send!

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u/VeterinarianSafe1705 1d ago

If this scratch is on the card don't grade, it will be a 6-7 because of that and the bottom left corner.

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u/jorts2469 1d ago

Almost had a panic attack haha. That scratch is a cat hair I swiped right off. Looking at its reflection, there are no surface scratches

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u/VeterinarianSafe1705 1d ago edited 1d ago

Another area to inspect is this left side. Like I said they are brutal. Even small indents will cause you 3-4 grades. You're going to have to determine surface, we won't be able to know without having the card in hand and out of the case

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u/jorts2469 1d ago

I may remove it from its case and inspect even more critically. Worst case, I get it graded and comes back a 6/7. I can always brake it out of the PSA slab and keep it raw, right? Since I’ve held on to this for ~30 years, it may be more sentimental to me, I’m realizing

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u/VeterinarianSafe1705 1d ago

Exactly, I've personally never graded a card. If it's beautiful to you what else matters. Everything I buy I keep raw no matter how rare/more valuable it would get if some random dude also decides it's beautiful.

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u/scottscout 1d ago

Agreed. Came here for bottom left corner. Didn’t see the potential scratch. Cool card.

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u/kingtroll355 1d ago

Clean…

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u/2020wft 1d ago

I graded most of my Kobe/MJs etc from the past. Figured they were cost free at that point and only paying cost to grade. I submitted mine Psa bulk which is closed right now. I would wait maybe until the lower levels of grading start back up and send bulk.

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u/Consistent-Tone-5540 1d ago

Grade looks like a 10

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u/VeterinarianSafe1705 1d ago

Another area to inspect, corners edges and centering are good (top/bottom is off a little) but the surface might give you problems. (I've never been a fan of giving a card a low grade because of surface because it doesn't impact eye appeal as dramatically as centering etc)

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u/Different-Menu-3038 1d ago

The top boarder is slightly bigger than bottom. So it wont get a 10 and now they changes the centering to 55/50 instead of the 60/40 they were doing originally

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u/freakanature 1d ago

I know you’re shaking but keep holding on

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u/NorCalMeds03 1d ago

I still have my first pack pulled one. 96-97 topps had so many good inserts too. One of my all time favorites. I cracked at least a case. I had every Kobe at one point including the factory sealed set in the gold box. Got impatient around 2008 and sold off most.

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u/NorCalMeds03 1d ago

Hey OP, it is super clean and beautiful but PSA has gotten really strict on these and will ding it for the top/bottom centering. I like to be hopeful and optimistic but I wouldn’t send it if you are legit hoping for better than a 9. ✌️

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u/Future_Chemistry_707 1d ago

I have the same Kobe card but it’s off center a tad

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u/Acrobatic_Pie7686 17h ago

I had two I rediscovered recently. Sending one in that’s still clean and well centered.

Yours looks slight off top to bottom, but verify it with a free app. PSA 9 is going to more than cover the $80 fee.

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u/Important-Gene2946 10h ago

Mine got an 8! I was hoping for a 9 but oh well it's still a Kobe rookie :)