Card Identification Forum

Beckett does not price cards with a print run of 25 or less. That shop was trying to get it from you to resell at a significantly higher price. It should go for more than double that though with such a rare card how much more is hard to pin down. I know I don't have enough money to acquire it.  

Your best bet is Ebay with the exact same photos (they are quite good) and see what you can get. NOT a Buy-It-Now. You could put a reserve at $1500 or even $2000 but I expect it will cross that quickly.

I don't usually respond to pricing threads but selling it to that shop for $1000 would be a crime in and of itself.

Chuckee, don't waste anymore time with this shop.  I am sure you could send this card to get graded yourself for much less than $80.00.  

And that Gold Parallel card you have is serial numbered out of 25.  There are only 25 Gold Parallel LeBron James cards from that set that exist.

It's a shame that card shops like this exist to take people in this hobby for a ride.  Sounds like they are either ignorant about the hobby or it's run by a con-man.

I googled "beckett card grading costs"

"Fees for BGS and BVG services vary based on the number of cards submitted and the desired turnaround time. A single card graded in two business days costs $26..." 

The cost per card decreases based on the more you submit. However, this a moot point, because Billy pointed out above that Beckett will not grade cards with a PR/SN of 25 or less.

Here is a link to PSA's fees. Looks like they charge based on the declared value of the card.

Jason,

I am pretty sure Beckett will still grade the card, they just won't list a price value for it in their guides.  

I bought this card for $600 in 2003. I have no intention of selling it. I just happened to read on ESPN Brady’s rookie card sold for 250k, and remembered I have this lebron card. I’m not claiming mine will be ever be as much as Brady’s. I just want to know it’s true value. Most likely I want to leave it for my first grandson...

Oops. I read right through that and thought he said "grade". At least, that's what my mind wanted me to read! My mistake. In that case, grading it would be cheaper to go through Beckett it seems. Of course they probably have some fees too I would imagine.

Well, I doubt it will ever be that much like you said, but it should still be worth a pretty penny.  A couple years ago a 2003-04 Lebron James 1/1 Auto Patch card sold for 312k.  That is the highest priced modern card ever sold.  I just looked up the Brady one, and I think that one has an Autograph on it, although I think a SN of 100.

I doubt that card will ever be enough to pay off a mortgage, but like I said, it should be very valuable for a long time and I am sure your grandson would love it.  It's a parallel rookie of one of the greatest players to ever step on the court and there are only 25 of them.  

Chuckee wrote:

I bought this card for $600 in 2003. I have no intention of selling it. I just happened to read on ESPN Brady’s rookie card sold for 250k, and remembered I have this lebron card. I’m not claiming mine will be ever be as much as Brady’s. I just want to know it’s true value. Most likely I want to leave it for my first grandson...

The big question everyone missed - Do we have a scan of it on the site? If not, how do we get this to be scanned????

COme on, you all dropped the ball on this one!