1996 Bowman's Best Cal Ripken Jr. Refractor #3
1996
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$19.17est. value (ungraded)
Prices updated 2026-10-22
Based on recorded sold prices how we price cards
Card number
#3
Year
1996
Parallel / variant
Refractor
Price by month
Average price of the 1996 Bowman's Best Cal Ripken Jr. Refractor #3 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
$19.17
Recorded low
$19.17
| Month | Source | Average | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Market value | $19.17 | — |
Cal Ripken Jr. prices by grade
| Grade | Value | eBay |
|---|---|---|
| Ungraded | $19.17 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 7 | $15.50 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 8 | $19.13 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 9 | $21.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| Grade 9.5 | $98.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 10 | $100.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| BGS 10 | $130.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| CGC 10 | $60.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| SGC 10 | $60.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
Other versions of this Cal Ripken Jr. card
2 versions, each priced on its own. Most valuable first.
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The 1996 Bowman's Best Cal Ripken Jr. Refractor #3 is a Baseball card (Refractor parallel) released in 1996. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $19.17.
An ungraded copy is worth around $19.17, a PSA 9 around $21.00, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $100.00 and a pristine BGS 10 around $130.00. That's roughly a 5.2× 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 $19.17 and top grades reaching $100.00, 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.
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