1973 Topps Baseball #474 Babe Ruth
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1973 Topps Baseball #474 Babe Ruth

1973 · 1973 Topps Baseball · #474 · 51 sold comps

5.5
AI pre-grade

A 1973 Topps Babe Ruth tribute — low grade, enormous story.

Corners
5.5
Edges
5.5
Surface
6
Centering
8
L/R · T/B
44/56 · 40/60
Est. value
$8

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Grade Analysis Complete

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Babe Ruth, 1973 Topps Baseball #474 — Good
Babe Ruth
1973 Topps Baseball #474 Babe Ruth
1973 Topps Baseball
Sport Card · baseball#4741973Front93% Confidence
CardPlayer & team
NameBabe Ruth
Full Name1973 Topps Baseball #474 Babe Ruth
Set1973 Topps Baseball
Card #474
Year1973
BornFeb 6, 1895
BirthplaceBaltimore, MD
NationalityUSA
StatusDeceased
DiedAug 16, 1948 (age 53) — nasopharynx carcinoma
PositionOutfielder
Number#3
BatsLeft
ThrowsLeft
Height6' 2"
Weight215 lb
DebutJul 11, 1914
Player Profile
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth
Outfielder · Baseball · Retired
George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", he began his MLB career as a star left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. In 1936, Ruth was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its "first five" members.
Awards & Honors (4)
AL All-StarHall Of FameUniform number retiredWorld Series Championship
5.5
AI Grading Results
GoodScale 1–10 · AI
Corners, edges, surface & centering — powered by computer vision.
1973 1973 Topps Baseball Babe Ruth — graded card
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Corners
5.5
Good
Edges
5.5
Good
Surface
6
Very Good
Centering
8
Near Mint
Left/Right 44/56Top/Bottom 40/60
Side: Front (94%)Category: Card (100%)Damaged: OK (95%)Detection: 72% (Card)
Limiting factor

Edges is the weakest sub-grade at 5.5. BGS sub-grades heavily penalize edge wear. Next concern: Corners 5.5

Surface inspection

Surface Lab

Five ways to see why the surface scored what it did — magnify the marks, trace the scratches, rake light across the surface. Open any tool to inspect the card yourself.

Centering Details

8.0
Saved Centering Score
8.0 / 10
Good centering
Centering overlay
Centering overlay: crosshair marks the measured card center; labels are the saved printed borders.
26px39px34px43pxL/R44/56T/B40/60N7.9px
Border Measurements
Saved L/R Ratio44/56
Saved T/B Ratio40/60
Left34px
Top26px
Right43px
Bottom39px
The card is shifted left horizontally and shifted up vertically relative to the image frame.
Normalized offsets: 0.0349, 0.0190, 0.0436, 0.0287
Border widths as a fraction of the card's full dimension (0.05 = 5%). Lower = tighter.

Analysis Images

Original Image
1973, Babe Ruth, 1973 Topps Baseball #474 — Original Image
Cropped Card
1973, Babe Ruth, 1973 Topps Baseball #474 — Cropped Card
Centering Overlay
1973, Babe Ruth, 1973 Topps Baseball #474 — Centering Overlay
PGC Slab
1973, Babe Ruth, 1973 Topps Baseball #474 — PGC Slab
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Image Quality Analysis

Fair — 65/100
Blown / glare
Deep shadow
GlareLighting: unevenBackground: gray plastic tray or stand inside wooden surface
Photo issues
  • blown-out highlights on the top and top-right — glare is hiding detail
Visible card condition
  • corner wear with fraying and rounding on top-left and bottom-right corners
  • edge wear and small nicks along the bottom border
  • surface staining/spotting near top-left border
The image offers good focus, but the lighting is uneven with blown-out highlights and glare across the top and top-right sections that can erase fine texture and obscure true corner and surface detail. For the most accurate assessment, placing the card completely flat outside of the gray plastic tray and wooden surface onto a solid, dark contrasting background will help our automated edge detection cleanly isolate every border. Using soft, diffused lighting—such as indirect daylight or bouncing a lamp off an adjacent wall—will also eliminate harsh glare and deep shadows.

Hybrid Grade Forecast™

Based on our AI sub-grade analysis, here is how we expect this card to perform across major grading companies.

PSA
5
NM-MT
Centering risk for 10
BGS
5.5
Mint
Lowest sub-grade limiting factor
4
NM-MT
Surface wear detected
CGC
5.5
Mint
Technical accuracy high
Grade Forecast Comparison
PSA
5
BGS
5.5
SGC
4
CGC
5.5
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Submit or Sell Raw?

Net profit after grading fees, shipping, and insurance

Marginal / Coin Flip

At predicted 5.5, profit is marginal after fees; consider only if the card is a strong gem candidate.

This one's a coin flip. You'd be spending ~$32.32 all-in (CGC Economy) on a maybe — worth knowing before you pay.
Raw Value Est.
$7.88
Graded Value Est. (5.5)
$15.76
Upside if 6.5
$23.64
Net $-8.68
CompanyTotal CostBest GradeNet ProfitROI
CGC Economy
90 working days
$32.325.5$-16.56-51.2%
PSA Value
90-100 business days
reopened Oct 29 2026 at $39.99 (was $32.99 pre-pause); new Value subs queue behind existing backlog; max insured $500
$52.315$-40.10-76.7%
SGC Standard ($1,500)
40-50 business days
active; raised from $15 on Sep 2 2026
$62.324$-55.00-88.3%
TAG Standard
45 business days
includes 1000-point Score + Card Rank; $1k coverage
$72.275$-60.06-83.1%
BGS Express
15 business days
active via temporary submission form; includes subgrades
$92.275.5$-76.51-82.9%
🎚️ What if it grades differently?
Hypothetical grade5.5
Grading company & tier
Graded value
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Net after fees
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ROI
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*Estimates use live marketplace data and current service-tier fees from each grading company. Paused tiers are marked. Turnaround times are estimates published by the grading companies and may vary.

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Live Market Comps

Recent sales & marketplace listings

Graded Prices (by Grader)
psa1: $11,666.281.5: $16,017.982: $20,188.162.5: $26,605.123: $32,330.233.5: $33,842.914: $40,126.334.5: $83,667.875: $82,508.275.5: $103,956.41 ←6: $105,628.347: $171,602.338: $1,156,178.428.5: $324.309: $6,684,918.79
sgc1: $8,722.571.5: $14,039.742: $12,849.232.5: $17,692.623: $24,668.523.5: $33,730.644: $32,043.014.5: $39,808.895: $52,736.245.5: $63,287.60 ←6: $85,924.606.5: $100,529.617: $182,235.487.5: $314,989.148: $149.998.5: $708,773.77
51 soldMedian (USD): $7.3544 activeAsking median (USD): $30.00
Sold Price Distribution (USD)
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Sold Price Trend · 46 sales, 33 days
▼ -10.8% last 87 days
$0.99$10.49$19.992026-08-02: $19.992026-08-04: $8.972026-08-06: $8.502026-08-07: $16.722026-08-16: $10.002026-08-18: $9.492026-08-22: $9.992026-08-23: $6.052026-08-24: $7.062026-08-25: $6.992026-08-30: $5.952026-08-31: $3.252026-09-01: $5.492026-09-02: $10.002026-09-08: $13.282026-09-10: $9.482026-09-13: $5.002026-09-17: $0.992026-09-19: $14.752026-09-29: $5.492026-10-02: $7.992026-10-03: $6.992026-10-05: $5.262026-10-06: $10.002026-10-08: $8.952026-10-09: $3.002026-10-14: $17.992026-10-15: $3.152026-10-17: $8.002026-10-18: $9.502026-10-24: $7.642026-10-26: $5.522026-10-28: $15.99$19.99$9.49$5.95$9.48$0.99$7.99$3.00$15.9908-0208-2409-1310-0810-28
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Graded Card Market

Slab prices, population & trends — all providers combined

Graded market values by grade
98.587.576.565.5 ⭐54.543.532.521.51
PSA$6,684,918.79$324.30$1,156,178.42·$171,602.33·$105,628.34$103,956.41$82,508.27$83,667.87$40,126.33$33,842.91$32,330.23$26,605.12$20,188.16$16,017.98$11,666.28
SGC·$708,773.77$149.99$314,989.14$182,235.48$100,529.61$85,924.60$63,287.60$52,736.24$39,808.89$32,043.01$33,730.64$24,668.52$17,692.62$12,849.23$14,039.74$8,722.57
Graded population reports
PSA · 2
2 graded copies
Price momentum
CardLadder 30D ▲ 18.6%
What this means
• Cross-grader spread at grade 8.5: PSA 8.5 ≈ 0% of SGC.
• 30-day momentum is up 18.6% on recent graded sales.
Sources: graded comps · CardLadder

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