1996 Topps Stars Nate Thurmond Finest Atomic Refractor #45

1996 Topps Stars Nate Thurmond Finest Atomic Refractor #45 value & prices

The 1996 Topps Stars Nate Thurmond Finest Atomic Refractor #45 is a Basketball card (Finest Atomic Refractor parallel) released in 1996. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $20.90.

An ungraded copy is worth around $20.90, a PSA 9 around $111.50, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $624.40 and a pristine BGS 10 around $812.00. That's roughly a 30× 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 $20.90 and top grades reaching $624.40, 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.