1971 O-Pee-Chee Jacques Plante #256

1971 O-Pee-Chee Jacques Plante #256 value & prices

The 1971 O-Pee-Chee Jacques Plante #256 is a Hockey card released in 1971. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $5.00.

An ungraded copy is worth around $5.00, a PSA 9 around $132.85, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $687.33 and a pristine BGS 10 around $894.00. That's roughly a 137× 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 $5.00 and top grades reaching $687.33, 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.