First Print/Tools/Grading-EV Calculator
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Should you grade it?

Grading is a bet: you pay now for a grade you don't know yet. This runs the expected value — your grade odds, the market at each grade, and the fees — so you submit on math, not hope.

Quick fill

Pick a key and a condition — the table fills itself. Then tweak anything.

Key values are rough starter estimates, and grade values are curved from the BGS 9.8 anchor. Replace them with your own sold comps before trusting the verdict — the tool is only as honest as its inputs.

The book

What it costs you to get a slab in hand.

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The grade odds

Your read on how it grades, and the sold-comp value at each grade.

GradeChanceValue
Probabilities total100%
The verdict
Expected graded value
probability-weighted, before fees
Expected net profit
after fees & all costs
Expected ROI
on total cash in
Chance of profit
break-even at

Profit by grade outcome

How to fill this in honestly Grade odds: base them on the raw copy in front of you and BGS population data — not optimism. Values: use real sold comps (130point, PriceCharting, Heritage) at each grade, not asking prices. The trap: a positive EV carried entirely by a low-odds 9.8 is a gamble, not an edge — watch the "chance of profit," not just the average. When the value gap between grades is small, don't grade.