1998 Topps Edgar Martinez Minted in Cooperstown #297

1998 Topps Edgar Martinez Minted in Cooperstown #297 value & prices

The 1998 Topps Edgar Martinez Minted in Cooperstown #297 is a Baseball card (Minted in Cooperstown parallel) released in 1998. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $1.38.

An ungraded copy is worth around $1.38, a PSA 9 around $15.75, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $62.68 and a pristine BGS 10 around $81.00. That's roughly a 45× 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 $1.38 and top grades reaching $62.68, 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.