1996 Finest Kobe Bryant Refractor w Coating #269
1996
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$4,000.00est. value (ungraded)
Prices updated 2026-10-23
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Kobe Bryant price history
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 1996 Finest Kobe Bryant Refractor w Coating #269 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.
| Month | Source | Average | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Market value | $4,000.00 | — |
Kobe Bryant prices by grade
| Grade | Value | eBay |
|---|---|---|
| Ungraded | $4,000.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 7 | $6,045.67 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 8 | $11,741.40 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 9 | $12,916.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| Grade 9.5 | $14,208.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 10 | $31,112.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| BGS 10 | $40,446.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| CGC 10 | $12,445.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| SGC 10 | $18,667.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
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The 1996 Finest Kobe Bryant Refractor w Coating #269 is a Basketball card (Refractor w Coating parallel) released in 1996. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $4,000.00.
An ungraded copy is worth around $4,000.00, a PSA 9 around $12,916.00, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $31,112.00, a pristine BGS 10 around $40 and446.00. That's roughly a 7.8× 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 $4,000.00 and top grades reaching $31,112.00, 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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