2021 Panini Contenders Base Set Nolan Arenado Optic Red Wave #51
2021
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Common
$1.80est. value (ungraded)
Prices updated 2026-10-26
Based on recorded sold prices how we price cards
Card number
#51
Year
2021
Parallel / variant
Optic Red Wave
Nolan Arenado price history
$5.50▲ 0.0%
Oct 25 · $5.50 low$5.50 high · Oct 26
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 2021 Panini Contenders Base Set Nolan Arenado Optic Red Wave #51 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
$1.80
Recorded low
$1.80
| Month | Source | Average | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Market value | $1.80 | — |
Nolan Arenado prices by grade
| Grade | Value | eBay |
|---|---|---|
| Ungraded | $1.80 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 10 | $5.50 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| BGS 10 | $7.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| CGC 10 | $2.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| SGC 10 | $3.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
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Affiliate — we may earn a commission2021 Panini Contenders Base Set Nolan Arenado Optic Red Wave #51 value & prices
The 2021 Panini Contenders Base Set Nolan Arenado Optic Red Wave #51 is a Baseball card (Optic Red Wave parallel) released in 2021. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $1.80.
An ungraded copy is worth around $1.80, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $5.50 and a pristine BGS 10 around $7.00. That's roughly a 3.1× 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 ($1.80) and top-graded ($5.50) 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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