1997 Topps Stars Cal Ripken Jr. Always Mint #3
1997
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$3.55est. value (ungraded)
Prices updated 2026-10-26
Based on recorded sold prices how we price cards
Card number
#3
Year
1997
Parallel / variant
Always Mint
Cal Ripken Jr. price history
$49.99▲ 0.0%
Oct 25 · $49.99 low$49.99 high · Oct 26
PSA 10 market value, one reading a day. One-day spikes that reverse the next day are left out.
Price by month
Average price of the 1997 Topps Stars Cal Ripken Jr. Always Mint #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
$3.55
Recorded low
$3.55
| Month | Source | Average | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Market value | $3.55 | — |
Cal Ripken Jr. prices by grade
| Grade | Value | eBay |
|---|---|---|
| Ungraded | $3.55 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 9 | $17.95 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| Grade 9.5 | $20.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 10 | $49.99 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| BGS 10 | $65.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| CGC 10 | $20.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| SGC 10 | $30.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
Other versions of this Cal Ripken Jr. card
1 version, each priced on its own. Most valuable first.
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The 1997 Topps Stars Cal Ripken Jr. Always Mint #3 is a Baseball card (Always Mint parallel) released in 1997. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $3.55.
An ungraded copy is worth around $3.55, a PSA 9 around $17.95, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $49.99 and a pristine BGS 10 around $65.00. That's roughly a 14× 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?
The spread between raw ($3.55) and top-graded ($49.99) copies is fairly tight, so grading this card only makes financial sense for truly flawless copies — or for collectors who simply prefer slabbed cards for protection and display.
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