I’ve inherited cards, and I know some are great vintage cards and in great condition, but how to you determine if they’re worth grading and if the condition will meet standards for grading? Also, how do you determine a fair selling price? Do you go with exactly what’s presented of the market on apps like Collectr and Dex?
I personally just search a card on ebay completed listings. If you search on ebay, and scroll down, you will eventually see “Complete Listings” on the left. Here is what it will look like:
Here is an example of a completed listings search result:
The items with green font are sales. This is a pretty easy way to just search the card name and add “PSA 9, 10” or whatever grade to the search to see what it earns in that condition.
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I’d recommend looking at various graded copies of the cards you’re interested in submitting in assorted grades and conditions. Some damage is impossible to see in scans, but getting an idea of what standard(s) for centering, edge and corner wear, and surface scratches or print lines coincide with varying deductions from PSA/CGC/BGS will really help you out long term.
In terms of properly gauging the condition of your cards and whether or not they’d be worth it to grade, the only true way of learning and gaining the experience is grading some cards yourself after carefully looking at your submission and comparing your predicted grades. You only truly learn from experience, but there are lot of very knowledgeable people who I’d be sure would help you try to pre-grade your cards as accurately as they can!
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Nothing wrong with this obviously, with the exception that eBay completed listings won’t give you the exact price if a best offer has been accepted below the asking.
Sites such as 130point and TCGfish can be helpful for this 
I have said this many times on the forum before, but it will always bare saying again and again.
Once you choose the grading company(s) that you want to use, do everything you can to not only read but understand the grading scale and how that related to what a card actually looks like. The amount of people I see complaining about a card getting a 9 instead of a 10 or a 7 instead of a 9 who clearly have not read and understood the grading scale is immense.
Knowledge is your best friend. Compare cards online with good scans to cards you have to get an idea of what knocks cards down (with the company you choose) and what they are less concerned about. PSA specifically has an ‘eye appeal’ standard when they grade cards and I feel this is the most misunderstand parameter by newbies and experienced graders alike.
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