Colt Emerson

2023 Bowman Draft Chrome Colt Emerson #BDC-42 value & prices

Colt Emerson #BDC-42 from 2023 2023 Bowman Draft Chrome is a card collectors search for regularly. Current market value sits near $18.12 for an ungraded copy.

Graded copies command a clear premium — an ungraded copy is worth around $18.12, a PSA 9 around $35.38, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $108.25 and a pristine BGS 10 around $141.00. That's roughly a 6.0× 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 Colt Emerson to your Ripbin locker to watch its value over time.

Collector's notes

Newer cards like this one trade actively, and values can swing quickly with on-field performance and breaking news. The grade table above reflects the current market snapshot.

Baseball card collecting runs deep — set builders, player collectors, and investors all compete for the same key cards.

Is it worth grading?

With raw copies near $18.12 and top grades reaching $108.25, 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.

How to buy this card

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.