Albert King

1986 Fleer Albert King #59 value & prices

Albert King #59 from 1986 1986 Fleer is a card collectors search for regularly. Current market value sits near $5.50 for an ungraded copy.

Grading has a major impact on value: an ungraded copy is worth around $5.50, a PSA 9 around $57.00, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $426.26 and a pristine BGS 10 around $554.00. That's roughly a 78× premium for a gem-mint copy over raw — one of the clearest signals that condition-sensitive buyers dominate this card's market.

Compare every grade in the price table above and tap through to active eBay listings. Add Albert King to your Ripbin locker to watch its value over time.

Market context

Cards from this era were printed in enormous quantities during the hobby's boom years, so raw copies are plentiful — but strict grading separates the true gems from the masses, and top grades remain hard to pull off.

Basketball cards have been one of the hobby's strongest categories, with rookie cards and flagship sets like Prizm leading demand.

Is it worth grading?

With raw copies near $5.50 and top grades reaching $426.26, 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.

When choosing a grader, PSA slabs typically resell fastest, BGS rewards truly pristine copies, and SGC/CGC offer faster turnarounds — compare each label's value in the grade table above.

Buying & selling tips

The fastest way to gauge the real market for this card is to scan the live eBay listings above: look at the spread between auction and Buy-It-Now prices, and check sold history before paying top dollar.

Selling? List smart: photograph corners and surface clearly, state the condition honestly, and price against the grade table above. Or scan it into your Ripbin locker and let bids come to you.