What Is My Card Worth

A card is worth roughly what the last few buyers paid for that exact card in that exact condition. The finder on this page builds the search for you. This guide is how to read what comes back.

We don't print a value for each card. FCT has no licensed feed of sold prices yet, and we would rather send you to live results than show a number we can't stand behind.

Use sold prices, never asking prices

A listing price is what a seller hopes for. Anyone can type any number. A sold price is what somebody paid. If a page doesn't say "sold", it isn't telling you what the card is worth.

Match the card exactly

A comparison only counts if it's the same card.

• Same year, set and number. A 2017 Panini Prizm Mahomes #269 is not a 2017 Donruss Mahomes.
• Same version. Silver, Disco and Red Power Prizm versions of #269 all carry the same number and sell at different prices. Read the title and look at the photo.
• Same condition. A raw card and a graded card are different markets, and so are two grades of the same card.

That last one can be enormous. In a 2026 federal fraud case, a 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan was said to be worth about $6,000 to $7,000 at grade 8 and roughly $185,000 to over $200,000 at grade 10. That's about 30 times the money for two grades. Don't assume your card has a gap like that. The only way to know is to look up the card itself. We have no rule of thumb for raw against graded, because any flat number would be made up.

Take the median of recent sales

Pull the last five or more sales of that exact card, newest first. Sort them and take the middle one. That's the median, and it ignores one wild sale in a way an average doesn't.

Here are made-up sales for a base rookie: $18, $20, $21, $24 and $60. The median is $21. The average is $28.60, and that's only because of the $60 sale. If you offered $28 you'd be paying 33% over what the card usually brings.

Use sales from the last 90 days when the card sells often. If it sells rarely, take what exists and trust it less. Three sales from last year is a rough guess, whatever the math says.

Spot the outliers

When one sale sits far from the rest, find out why before you count it.

• Far above: often a mislabeled parallel or an autograph, or a card in a higher grade. It can also be bidding that doesn't reflect a real buyer, so don't let one number set your price.
• Far below: often damage, a low grade or a lot of several cards listed as one. Read the title and check the photos.
• All over the place: there may be no settled price. Thin markets swing, so wait or pay less.

Count what you'd really keep

The sold price isn't what a seller takes home. eBay's fee page lists sports trading cards at 13.25% on the first $7,500 of a sale, plus 2.35% on anything above that, for sellers without a Store. It adds a per-order fee of 30 cents on orders of $10 or less and 40 cents above $10. The percentage counts the whole sale, including shipping and sales tax the buyer pays. eBay's February 2025 seller update put Starter Store sellers on the same rates and Basic Store or above on 12.35% of the first $2,500, then 2.35%. We read the main fee page on Nov. 5, 2026 but not the Store page, so check both before you price a big sale.

Take that $21 card. Before sales tax, the 13.25% fee is $2.78 and the order fee is 40 cents, which leaves $17.82. If shipping and a toploader cost you $1.50 out of your own pocket, you keep $16.32.

Buying works the other way. A $21 card with $5 shipping is a $26 card.

What a value can't tell you

A value is a read on past sales, not a promise. Prices move on injuries, trades and hype, and they can move fast. Nothing on this page means a card will hold its price. Buy what you want to own.

Facts checked Nov 5, 2026.