1998 Topps Tek Rafael Palmeiro Pattern 87 #40

1998 Topps Tek Rafael Palmeiro Pattern 87 #40 value & prices

The 1998 Topps Tek Rafael Palmeiro Pattern 87 #40 is a Baseball card (Pattern 87 parallel) released in 1998. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $1.50.

An ungraded copy is worth around $1.50, a PSA 9 around $16.26, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $65.56 and a pristine BGS 10 around $85.00. That's roughly a 44× 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 $1.50 and top grades reaching $65.56, 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.