Borje Salming

1979 O-Pee-Chee Borje Salming #40 value & prices

Borje Salming #40 from 1979 1979 O-Pee-Chee is a card collectors search for regularly. Current market value sits near $1.01 for an ungraded copy.

Condition is everything here — an ungraded copy is worth around $1.01, a PSA 9 around $199.00, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $239.00 and a pristine BGS 10 around $311.00. That's roughly a 237× 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 Borje Salming to your Ripbin locker to watch its value over time.

Collector's notes

Vintage cards from this era were printed long before collectors thought about preservation, so well-centered, sharp-cornered copies are genuinely scarce. That scarcity is what drives the gap between raw and graded prices.

Hockey's collector base is loyal and international, with Upper Deck flagship issues and star rookies driving the market.

Is it worth grading?

With raw copies near $1.01 and top grades reaching $239.00, 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.

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.

If you own this card, scan it with Ripbin to add it to your locker — you'll see its value tracked over time, and other collectors can discover it and send bids.