1997 Bowman's Best Techniques Gary Payton Atomic Refractor #T5

1997 Bowman's Best Techniques Gary Payton Atomic Refractor #T5 value & prices

The 1997 Bowman's Best Techniques Gary Payton Atomic Refractor #T5 is a Basketball card (Atomic Refractor parallel) released in 1997. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $25.56.

An ungraded copy is worth around $25.56, a PSA 9 around $39.00, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $114.01 and a pristine BGS 10 around $148.00. That's roughly a 4.5× 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 $25.56 and top grades reaching $114.01, 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.