1997 Bowman's Best International Frank Thomas Refractor #BBI1
1997
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Uncommon
$18.63est. value (ungraded)
Prices updated 2026-10-22
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Card number
#BBI1
Year
1997
Parallel / variant
Refractor
Price by month
Average price of the 1997 Bowman's Best International Frank Thomas Refractor #BBI1 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
$18.63
Recorded low
$18.63
| Month | Source | Average | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Market value | $18.63 | — |
Frank Thomas prices by grade
| Grade | Value | eBay |
|---|---|---|
| Ungraded | $18.63 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 8 | $10.50 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 9 | $38.97 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| Grade 9.5 | $43.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 10 | $229.99 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| BGS 10 | $299.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| CGC 10 | $138.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| SGC 10 | $138.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
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The 1997 Bowman's Best International Frank Thomas Refractor #BBI1 is a Baseball card (Refractor parallel) released in 1997. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $18.63.
An ungraded copy is worth around $18.63, a PSA 9 around $38.97, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $229.99 and a pristine BGS 10 around $299.00. That's roughly a 12× 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 $18.63 and top grades reaching $229.99, 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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