1998 Topps Tek Alex Rodriguez Pattern 88 #9

1998 Topps Tek Alex Rodriguez Pattern 88 #9 value & prices

The 1998 Topps Tek Alex Rodriguez Pattern 88 #9 is a Baseball card (Pattern 88 parallel) released in 1998. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $4.39.

An ungraded copy is worth around $4.39, a PSA 9 around $35.00, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $142.67 and a pristine BGS 10 around $185.00. That's roughly a 32× 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 $4.39 and top grades reaching $142.67, 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.