2022-23 Panini Contenders Optic Uniformity LaMelo Ball Blue Cracked Ice #3

2022-23 Panini Contenders Optic Uniformity LaMelo Ball Blue Cracked Ice #3 value & prices

The 2022-23 Panini Contenders Optic Uniformity LaMelo Ball Blue Cracked Ice #3 is a Basketball card (Blue Cracked Ice parallel) released in 2022. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $16.22.

An ungraded copy is worth around $16.22, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $70.00 and a pristine BGS 10 around $91.00. That's roughly a 4.3× 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 $16.22 and top grades reaching $70.00, 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.