1997 Metal Universe Alex Rodriguez Promotional Sample #149
1997
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$2.97est. value (ungraded)
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Card number
#149
Year
1997
Parallel / variant
Promotional Sample
Alex Rodriguez price history
$107▲ 0.0%
Oct 24 · $107 low$107 high · Oct 25
PSA 10 market value, one reading a day. One-day spikes that reverse the next day are left out.
Price by month
Average price of the 1997 Metal Universe Alex Rodriguez Promotional Sample #149 each month, from 1 recorded price reading. Prices are re-checked regularly; a month's average counts each day from that month's first reading at the price that held that day.
Recorded high
$2.97
Recorded low
$2.97
| Month | Source | Average | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Market value | $2.97 | — |
Alex Rodriguez prices by grade
| Grade | Value | eBay |
|---|---|---|
| Ungraded | $2.97 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 8 | $11.49 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 9 | $29.99 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| Grade 9.5 | $41.14 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 10 | $107.08 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| BGS 10 | $139.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| CGC 10 | $43.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| SGC 10 | $64.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
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The 1997 Metal Universe Alex Rodriguez Promotional Sample #149 is a Baseball card (Promotional Sample parallel) released in 1997. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $2.97.
An ungraded copy is worth around $2.97, a PSA 9 around $29.99, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $107.08 and a pristine BGS 10 around $139.00. That's roughly a 36× 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 $2.97 and top grades reaching $107.08, 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.
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