Ray Bourque

1986 O-Pee-Chee Ray Bourque #1 value & prices

How much is the 1986 O-Pee-Chee Ray Bourque #1 worth? Raw, ungraded copies sell for around $2.25, while graded examples can be worth significantly more. This Hockey card is part of the 1986 O-Pee-Chee set.

Condition is everything here — an ungraded copy is worth around $2.25, a PSA 9 around $34.00, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $162.09 and a pristine BGS 10 around $399.95. That's roughly a 72× premium for a gem-mint copy over raw — one of the clearest signals that condition-sensitive buyers dominate this card's market.

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Market context

Cards from this era were printed in enormous quantities during the hobby's boom years, so raw copies are plentiful — but strict grading separates the true gems from the masses, and top grades remain hard to pull off.

Hockey's collector base is loyal and international, with Upper Deck flagship issues and star rookies driving the market.

Is it worth grading?

With raw copies near $2.25 and top grades reaching $162.09, 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.

When choosing a grader, PSA slabs typically resell fastest, BGS rewards truly pristine copies, and SGC/CGC offer faster turnarounds — compare each label's value in the grade table above.

Buying & selling tips

The fastest way to gauge the real market for this card is to scan the live eBay listings above: look at the spread between auction and Buy-It-Now prices, and check sold history before paying top dollar.

If you own this card, scan it with Ripbin to add it to your locker — you'll see its value tracked over time, and other collectors can discover it and send bids.