The tennis card that woke up. A PSA 10 of Nadal's only true rookie sold for about $650 in July, $1,000 in late August and $1,344 over the last 30 days, with nine of them clearing between $1,389 and $1,550 on Sep 20 alone. It is numbered to 2,000, 867 have been graded, and 56% of PSA copies are 10s, so the 10 is the card: a PSA 9 sells for $244, a raw copy for about $105 (one sale). A BGS 10 brought $12,000 at Fanatics on Aug 31.
Every grade this card trades at, most expensive at the top. PSA 10 priced on 30 days; the rest on 90 because they rarely sell.
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A $320 card through the summer of 2025, $450 through the winter, and then three months that tripled it: $552 in May, $760 in June, $851 in July, $1,334 in September. The 9 and the BGS 9.5 moved too, but slowly; the money went to the 10.
$75K changed hands across 67 sales in the last 90 days.
Holding a raw copy? Grade it, today. 56 times in 100 it is a $1,344 card; the rest of the time it is a $244 card, still above raw. Holding a PSA 10? You are up 2× since July; sell into the Sep 20 strength on eBay if you were going to, or hold it as the only tennis rookie that matters. Buying a 10? $1,200 to $1,400, on eBay, and know the last nine sold at $1,389 to $1,550. Buying a 9? Under $240 and only to own the card. Buying a sealed Elite set? $3,020 for a 56% shot at a 10 plus 19 other cards is the trade the pros are making.