1998 Topps Mariano Rivera Minted in Cooperstown #8

1998 Topps Mariano Rivera Minted in Cooperstown #8 value & prices

The 1998 Topps Mariano Rivera Minted in Cooperstown #8 is a Baseball card (Minted in Cooperstown parallel) released in 1998. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $5.05.

An ungraded copy is worth around $5.05, a PSA 9 around $34.96, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $171.83 and a pristine BGS 10 around $223.00. That's roughly a 34× 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 $5.05 and top grades reaching $171.83, 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.