1996 Topps Stars Bill Russell Finest Atomic Refractor #140

1996 Topps Stars Bill Russell Finest Atomic Refractor #140 value & prices

The 1996 Topps Stars Bill Russell Finest Atomic Refractor #140 is a Basketball card (Finest Atomic Refractor parallel) released in 1996. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $73.01.

An ungraded copy is worth around $73.01, a PSA 9 around $120.00, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $7,999.00, a pristine BGS 10 around $10 and399.00. That's roughly a 110× 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 $73.01 and top grades reaching $7,999.00, 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.