1998 Topps Roberto Alomar Devil Rays Inaugural #285

1998 Topps Roberto Alomar Devil Rays Inaugural #285 value & prices

The 1998 Topps Roberto Alomar Devil Rays Inaugural #285 is a Baseball card (Devil Rays Inaugural parallel) released in 1998. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $2.66.

An ungraded copy is worth around $2.66, a PSA 9 around $39.99, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $48.00 and a pristine BGS 10 around $62.00. That's roughly a 18× 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 ($2.66) and top-graded ($48.00) 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.