1996 Bowman's Best Tony Gwynn Refractor #38
1996
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Uncommon
$8.24est. value (ungraded)
Prices updated 2026-10-22
Based on recorded sold prices how we price cards
Card number
#38
Year
1996
Parallel / variant
Refractor
Price by month
Average price of the 1996 Bowman's Best Tony Gwynn Refractor #38 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
$8.24
Recorded low
$8.24
| Month | Source | Average | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Market value | $8.24 | — |
Tony Gwynn prices by grade
| Grade | Value | eBay |
|---|---|---|
| Ungraded | $8.24 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 7 | $20.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 8 | $24.81 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 9 | $30.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| Grade 9.5 | $33.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| PSA 10 | $125.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| BGS 10 | $163.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| CGC 10 | $85.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
| SGC 10 | $75.00 | Buy on eBay ↗ |
Other versions of this Tony Gwynn card
3 versions, each priced on its own. Most valuable first.
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The 1996 Bowman's Best Tony Gwynn Refractor #38 is a Baseball card (Refractor parallel) released in 1996. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $8.24.
An ungraded copy is worth around $8.24, a PSA 9 around $30.00, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $125.00 and a pristine BGS 10 around $163.00. That's roughly a 15× 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 $8.24 and top grades reaching $125.00, 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.
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