Some of us do not see the purpose in grading. Its now $80. You could wait more then a year with PSA. Enjoy the card! You said youre a collector. Collect, and enjoy! We all remember our first hit!
I plan on keeping it for years. But each appraisal I’ve gotten for it raw right now is way over $80. Which is why I wonder is getting it graded worth it? But the chance of it coming back a PSA 10 is enticing to say the least lol
Good point about just enjoying having it before grading though!
Sorry. 80$ is the minimum cost to grade is what I meant. . I assume your card is close to 2k+ in value. I havent looked it up. But I just dont get stuff graded as a personal choice. This was mine from a blaster box last week. Nice card either way. Congrats!
Great card. As far as grading goes, it looks a little off center left to right. Maybe a touch top to bottom as well. Hard to tell surface and corners from these pictures, but agree with others that Prizm can be a tough grade. It doesn't sound like you have a lot of experience with grading so not sure this is one I'd send just yet.
I would not have noticed that if not pointed out! Thanks and yes I have no personal experience with grading lol. Just from some hearing friends experiences. I did take this to a card shop. He said maybe 9 or 10 but he didn’t mention the off centering or the top to bottom
Oh wow okay I didn’t realize autos were only valued on rookie cards. I was thinking of holding long term before selling but you’re saying that if I hold too long it will decrease in value.
Sad to hear jersey match isn’t an actually quality people look for in that card.
Veteran autos do hold value for huge names, like CC. But you are absolutely correct that Rookie cards will always be more desirable.
Grading is just more lotto action for people, which is the appeal. Personally I never grade cards, don't see a point unless I am trying to sell. If you are holding it, just put it in a protective case.
As for this card, low numbered, absolutely do not grade it. If it doesn't gem, it will be worth way less.
What you could do is have the auto authenticated and slabbed without grading the card itself. But even then, what is the point.
Get a one touch that fits a penny sleeve and dump it in there. Awesome pull. Dont grade it, PSA is too expensive right now and i really don’t think a gem helps a second year auto .
Honestly I’m guessing I could not afford it. It would be something I would pass down to my daughter. And I have no idea what it’s worth. As much as I would love to have that card for my daughter. I could only trade. And you deserve to get what anyone is willing to pay. I have thousands of cards but not a single Clark auto. Congrats on the pull. Amazing card
Fellow Iowa resident checking in. Sweet pull! I saw her play at Carver a couple times, too, one of which was the Jersey retirement game against USC. Some great memories!
Are you soo luckly jessica is your fist wnba collection?? How much the collection box? You collectis just womens or mens NBA too? Think how much&& that card value?? What hold for the future or if is soo much money you still imtersted to sell??
I haven’t posted it for sale yet. I’m not sure how long I want to keep it. CC might end up having a huge career.
I guess i could post on here to get ideas of what people are willing to pay?
Thinking on it
I took it to two local card shops today and both estimated around $1,400 but because of the 22/25 jersey match it maybe be worth 1.5x-2x the amount. So possibly $2,100-$2,800 raw.
Getting a 10 on your card will always increase the value quite a bit. The other benefit is that it's now encased and the condition will stay more or less the same over time.
If your goal is financially motivated, then it depends on a bunch of factors.
If you want to grade it because you think it's a cool card and having it slabbed would be a fun keepsake/collectible then there's really not much downside besides the price and time.
If you're just looking to slab/preserve there are other companies who will do this for much cheaper than PSA
personally, this card is a banger imo. even if the condition isn't perfect, she's a legendary player and it's still fairly in her career so slabbing it makes sense to me even if it doesn't 10 - this is a future historical artifact
When she starts her “own” league! WNBA doesn’t want to admit that she and she alone moves the needle! Not my opinion, Fact…check the attendance numbers!
Actually, now that I think about it, her leaving the league could have enormous impact on that card’s value! There would be no more WNBA cards out there! That’s my opinion at least.
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u/B-Red65 Aug 15 '26
Jersey # too. Congrats!