1997 Topps Gallery Ken Griffey Jr. Player's Private Issue #79
1997
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Rare
$30.00est. value (ungraded)
Prices updated 2026-10-26
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Card number
#79
Year
1997
Parallel / variant
Player's Private Issue
Ken Griffey Jr. price history
$121▲ 0.0%
Oct 25 · $121 low$121 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 Topps Gallery Ken Griffey Jr. Player's Private Issue #79 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
$30.00
Recorded low
$30.00
| Month | Source | Average | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Market value | $30.00 | — |
Ken Griffey Jr. prices by grade
| Grade | Value | eBay |
|---|---|---|
| Ungraded | $30.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 8 | $43.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 9 | $62.09 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| Grade 9.5 | $68.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 10 | $121.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| BGS 10 | $157.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| CGC 10 | $48.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| SGC 10 | $73.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
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The 1997 Topps Gallery Ken Griffey Jr. Player's Private Issue #79 is a Baseball card (Player's Private Issue parallel) released in 1997. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $30.00.
An ungraded copy is worth around $30.00, a PSA 9 around $62.09, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $121.00 and a pristine BGS 10 around $157.00. That's roughly a 4.0× 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 $30.00 and top grades reaching $121.00, 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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