2003 Topps Chrome Tim Salmon Black Refractor #281

2003 Topps Chrome Tim Salmon Black Refractor #281 value & prices

The 2003 Topps Chrome Tim Salmon Black Refractor #281 is a Baseball card (Black Refractor parallel) released in 2003. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $5.19.

An ungraded copy is worth around $5.19, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $300.00 and a pristine BGS 10 around $390.00. That's roughly a 58× 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 $5.19 and top grades reaching $300.00, 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.