1998 Topps Darin Erstad Devil Rays Inaugural #288

1998 Topps Darin Erstad Devil Rays Inaugural #288 value & prices

The 1998 Topps Darin Erstad Devil Rays Inaugural #288 is a Baseball card (Devil Rays Inaugural parallel) released in 1998. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $0.25.

An ungraded copy is worth around $0.25, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $8.39 and a pristine BGS 10 around $11.00. That's roughly a 34× 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 ($0.25) and top-graded ($8.39) 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.