1940 Play Ball Chubby Dean #193

1940 Play Ball Chubby Dean #193 value & prices

The 1940 Play Ball Chubby Dean #193 is a Baseball card released in 1940. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $12.01.

An ungraded copy is worth around $12.01, a PSA 9 around $613.34, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $4,080.57, a pristine BGS 10 around $5 and305.00. That's roughly a 340× premium for a gem-mint copy over raw — one of the clearest signals that condition-sensitive buyers dominate this card's market.

Is it worth grading?

With raw copies near $12.01 and top grades reaching $4,080.57, grading a sharp copy of this card can clearly pay for itself — the spread comfortably covers a typical ~$25.00 grading fee. The catch: only submit copies with strong centering, clean corners, and unmarked surfaces, because anything below a 9 usually erases the math.