1997 Bowman's Best Cut John Elway Atomic Refractor #BC3
1997
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Uncommon
$17.15est. value (ungraded)
Prices updated 2026-10-26
Based on recorded sold prices how we price cards
Card number
#BC3
Year
1997
Parallel / variant
Atomic Refractor
John Elway price history
$464▲ 0.2%
Oct 20 · $463 low$464 high · Oct 26
PSA 10 market value, one reading a day. One-day spikes that reverse the next day are left out.
Price by month
Average price of the 1997 Bowman's Best Cut John Elway Atomic Refractor #BC3 each month, from 2 recorded price readings. 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
$17.15
Recorded low
$17.15
| Month | Source | Average | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Market value | $17.15 | — |
John Elway prices by grade
| Grade | Value | eBay |
|---|---|---|
| Ungraded | $17.15 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 7 | $39.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 8 | $48.50 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 9 | $48.85 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| Grade 9.5 | $54.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 10 | $464.05 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| BGS 10 | $603.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| CGC 10 | $186.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| SGC 10 | $278.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
Other versions of this John Elway card
2 versions, each priced on its own. Most valuable first.
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Affiliate — we may earn a commission1997 Bowman's Best Cut John Elway Atomic Refractor #BC3 value & prices
The 1997 Bowman's Best Cut John Elway Atomic Refractor #BC3 is a Football card (Atomic Refractor parallel) released in 1997. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $17.15.
An ungraded copy is worth around $17.15, a PSA 9 around $48.85, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $464.05 and a pristine BGS 10 around $603.00. That's roughly a 27× 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 $17.15 and top grades reaching $464.05, 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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