Tin Can Cal #5aCal Ripken Jr.
PURPLE FOIL /10
ScarcityNumbered to 10 · PSA has graded 26x more base copies
Print run 10, as stated by PSA’s parallel list and a published checklist. PSA has graded 26 of the base card and 1 of this parallel (all grades). Graded counts are not print runs.
PSA popall grades: 1
Never sold — estimate
PSA pop · this parallel
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All grades · value and PSA population
no PSA 10 listed on eBay right now
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Price history · PSA 10
On-the-record sales go back as far as PSA reports them — late 2017 for GPK — plus eBay-tracked and raw sales as they land.
🗑️ The Garbologist says…
Too Thin To Call
The Garbologist has been digging through this one's trash.
- Nobody's actually sold this exact card and grade on record, so there's no live market to read — the price you see is a modeled estimate, not a realized sale.
- With this little to go on, the honest answer is we can't call a direction — one auction would swing the whole read.
Automated analysis generated from this card’s real recorded sales and PSA population data — no opinions, no predictions guaranteed. Entertainment and research only, not financial advice.
Tin Can Cal· Cal Ripken Jr. — across every card
Subject page →Every Tin Can Cal card we track — how the character is moving, not just this one grade.
🧬 Should I slab it?
No raw price yetAbout 1 in 3 copies of 2023 MLB Series 3 cards get a 10. A graded copy should be worth about $296 after the $92 cost; we have no raw sale of this card to compare.
Expected value if graded$296 (after $92 all-in cost)
Raw value todayno raw sale on record
VerdictNo raw price yet
Grading pays even without a 10.
Chance of a PSA 10
36%
all 2023 MLB Series 3 cards · 4,366 graded
PSA 10 value
$554
today · ~$609 by Jan 21, 2027
PSA 9 value
$291
today · ~$320 by Jan 21, 2027
All-in cost
$92
PSA fee $60 + shipping both ways $32
How these numbers work
All-in cost $92: PSA Standard tier fee $60 per card, insured shipping to PSA ~$12, PSA insured return shipping ~$20. Sending it to your PSA Vault instead skips return shipping (vault intake and storage are free): ~$72 all-in, so a graded copy would net ~$316.
Grade odds (all 2023 MLB Series 3 cards, 4,366 PSA-graded): 10 · 36%, 9 · 43%, 8 · 15%, 7 or lower · 6%. People send their best copies, so a random raw copy usually grades a bit lower.
Values when it comes back (~95 days, about Jan 21, 2027): today's values +10% (half the set's 3-month rise of 25%, capped at +10%).
Expected value if graded = each grade's chance × its value, minus the all-in cost. A guide, not a guarantee — centering and corners on your copy decide the grade.
Grade odds (all 2023 MLB Series 3 cards, 4,366 PSA-graded): 10 · 36%, 9 · 43%, 8 · 15%, 7 or lower · 6%. People send their best copies, so a random raw copy usually grades a bit lower.
Values when it comes back (~95 days, about Jan 21, 2027): today's values +10% (half the set's 3-month rise of 25%, capped at +10%).
Expected value if graded = each grade's chance × its value, minus the all-in cost. A guide, not a guarantee — centering and corners on your copy decide the grade.
