Griffey Card Market Report — July 12, 2026

The Pinnacle #128 Bubble Gum traded heavily again and the grades split. PSA 9 rose from $265 to $285 on two sales at $275 and $295, while PSA 8 eased from $155 to $125 and raw settled from $65 to $45 across a stack of sales between $40 and $66. The Swing Men #304 saw graded sales at $50 in PSA 9 and $165 in PSA 10. Flair Hot Numbers raw fell from $60 to $39, matched by a 14-bid auction and a fixed-price sale at the same level. An Emotion N-Tense #6 raw sold for $25, and Select Big Sticks raw held at $56.

The Ultra Thunder Clap #11 led the day — the PSA 8 climbed from $2,500 to $3,000 and a raw copy hit $1,725 at auction with 36 bids, up from $900. Donruss Power Alley #10 traded across three grades — PSA 9 up from $199 to $245, PSA 8 from $295 to $118 in a 17-bid auction, and raw from $234 to $100. Ultra Power Plus #3 PSA 9 moved from $130 to $165, Topps Sweet Strokes raw from $135 to $160, and the Ultra 22 Karat Gold Leaf raw from $55 to $79. An Ultra Respect Gold Medallion sold at $75 in PSA 8 and a Leaf Preferred Steel #52 at $60 in PSA 9. On the downside, Finest Refractor #305 raw eased from $366 to $255, SPx Commemorative #KG1 PSA 10 fell from $404 to $335, and a group of Metal Universe raws softened — Platinum Edition from $108 to $70, Heavy Metal from $66 to $47, and Mother Lode from $86 to $75.

The E-X 2000 A Cut Above #2 raw jumped from $1,250 to $1,800, one of the toughest pulls in the year at 1:288. The Ultra Thunder Clap #8 moved at both ends — PSA 8 from $1,500 to $1,700 and raw from $400 to $800 — and the Flair Showcase Hot Gloves #4 PSA 9 climbed from $1,250 to $1,700. Fleer Bleacher Blasters #4 raw rose from $186 to $217, Ultra Fame Game #1 raw from $33 to $49, and Collector's Choice Big Shots Gold Signature raw from $29 to $40. A Fleer Zone #7 raw sold for $236, a Totally Certified Platinum Blue #136 at $80 in PSA 8, and a Topps base #300 at $22 in PSA 9. E-X 2000 base #40 raw eased from $85 to $65.

A PSA 8 Topps Chrome Refractor #321 sold for $1,600, between the raw at $860 and the PSA 9 at $2,500. The Topps Gallery of Heroes #GH1 raw rose from $355 to $550, and Metal Universe Hardball Galaxy PSA 8 climbed from $50 to $60. The base Topps Chrome #321 had a PSA 9 sell at $105. Corrections underneath: Stadium Club Royal Court #1 raw from $104 to $61 at auction, Metal Universe Diamond Heroes raw from $75 to $45 on three sales, and Hardball Galaxy raw from $25 to $19. Added the Pinnacle Performers Big Bang #1 (/2,500) at raw $44.

The Metal Universe Linchpins #4, one of the scarcest die-cuts in the set, had a raw copy sell for $2,374. The Topps Chrome Lords of the Diamond Refractor #LD1 raw climbed from $286 to $338 in a 4-bid auction, Metal Universe Planet Metal raw from $250 to $265, and E-X Century base #17 raw from $49 to $55. A Topps Gallery Player's Private Issue /250 raw sold for $100 and an Ultra Gold Medallion #72G raw for $22. The non-refractor Topps Chrome Lords of the Diamond #LD1 gave back its spike, from $103 to $38 on two sales, and a group of commons softened: UD Choice Starquest Red from $52 to $30, Finest Peel & Reveal Sparkle from $62 to $50, and Flair Showcase Row 3 #3 from $50 to $20.