2025 Topps Chrome Platinum Base Set Willie Mays Orange Wave #469

2025 Topps Chrome Platinum Base Set Willie Mays Orange Wave #469 value & prices

The 2025 Topps Chrome Platinum Base Set Willie Mays Orange Wave #469 is a Baseball card (Orange Wave parallel) released in 2025. Ungraded copies carry a market value of about $90.00.

An ungraded copy is worth around $90.00, a PSA 9 around $151.30, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $437.24 and a pristine BGS 10 around $568.00. That's roughly a 4.9× 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 $90.00 and top grades reaching $437.24, 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.