2020-21 Panini Contenders Optic Base Set LeBron James Red Wave #81
2020
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Uncommon
$6.28est. value (ungraded)
Prices updated 2026-10-23
Based on recorded sold prices how we price cards
Card number
#81
Year
2020
Parallel / variant
Red Wave
LeBron James price history
$35.33▲ 0.0%
Oct 22 · $35.33 low$35.33 high · Oct 23
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 2020-21 Panini Contenders Optic Base Set LeBron James Red Wave #81 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
$6.28
Recorded low
$6.28
| Month | Source | Average | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Market value | $6.28 | — |
LeBron James prices by grade
| Grade | Value | eBay |
|---|---|---|
| Ungraded | $6.28 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 10 | $35.33 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| BGS 10 | $46.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| CGC 10 | $21.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| SGC 10 | $21.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
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Affiliate — we may earn a commission2020-21 Panini Contenders Optic Base Set LeBron James Red Wave #81 value & prices
The 2020-21 Panini Contenders Optic Base Set LeBron James Red Wave #81 is a Basketball card (Red Wave parallel) released in 2020. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $6.28.
An ungraded copy is worth around $6.28, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $35.33 and a pristine BGS 10 around $46.00. That's roughly a 5.6× 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?
The spread between raw ($6.28) and top-graded ($35.33) copies is fairly tight, so grading this card only makes financial sense for truly flawless copies — or for collectors who simply prefer slabbed cards for protection and display.
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