1997 Bowman's Best Cuts Cal Ripken Jr. Refractor #BC4
1997
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$17.10est. value (ungraded)
Prices updated 2026-10-22
Based on recorded sold prices how we price cards
Card number
#BC4
Year
1997
Parallel / variant
Refractor
Price by month
Average price of the 1997 Bowman's Best Cuts Cal Ripken Jr. Refractor #BC4 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
$17.10
Recorded low
$17.10
| Month | Source | Average | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Market value | $17.10 | — |
Cal Ripken Jr. prices by grade
| Grade | Value | eBay |
|---|---|---|
| Ungraded | $17.10 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 7 | $16.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 8 | $20.58 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 9 | $49.95 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| Grade 9.5 | $141.77 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 10 | $473.98 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| BGS 10 | $616.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| CGC 10 | $284.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| SGC 10 | $284.00 | 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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Affiliate — we may earn a commission1997 Bowman's Best Cuts Cal Ripken Jr. Refractor #BC4 value & prices
The 1997 Bowman's Best Cuts Cal Ripken Jr. Refractor #BC4 is a Baseball card (Refractor parallel) released in 1997. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $17.10.
An ungraded copy is worth around $17.10, a PSA 9 around $49.95, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $473.98 and a pristine BGS 10 around $616.00. That's roughly a 28× 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 $17.10 and top grades reaching $473.98, 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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