1996 Leaf Cal Ripken Jr. #21

1996 Leaf Cal Ripken Jr. #21 value & prices

The 1996 Leaf Cal Ripken Jr. #21 is a Baseball card released in 1996. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $1.80.

An ungraded copy is worth around $1.80, a PSA 9 around $19.99, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $82.29 and a pristine BGS 10 around $107.00. That's roughly a 46× 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 $1.80 and top grades reaching $82.29, 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.