1979 Topps Mel Gray Gray Colored Back #347

1979 Topps Mel Gray Gray Colored Back #347 value & prices

The 1979 Topps Mel Gray Gray Colored Back #347 is a Football card (Gray Colored Back parallel) released in 1979. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $1.69.

An ungraded copy is worth around $1.69, a PSA 9 around $28.80, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $175.36 and a pristine BGS 10 around $228.00. That's roughly a 104× 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 $1.69 and top grades reaching $175.36, 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.