Player sales board | 10 ranked results
See the 10 most expensive Bernard King basketball cards ranked by public sale price. Each result includes source context, followed by the rookie and grail lanes collectors use to understand the market.
Record sale
$9,600
Feb 20, 2022
1978 Topps Basketball Bernard King ROOKIE #75 PSA 10 GEM MINT
Record sales
Updated July 23, 2026
$9,600
Direct sale record
This Fanatics Weekly result is a useful Bernard King rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
$9,600
Feb 20, 2022
$8,000
Direct sale record
This Fanatics Buy Now result is a useful Bernard King rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
$8,000
Feb 14, 2021
$6,100
Linked source report
This eBay result is a useful Bernard King rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
$5,352
Linked source report
This eBay result is a useful Bernard King rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
$5,211
Linked source report
This eBay result is a useful Bernard King rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
$5,144
Direct sale record
This Fanatics Weekly result is a useful Bernard King rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
$5,144
Jun 30, 2021
$4,400
Direct sale record
This eBay sale is primarily a condition-scarcity benchmark, showing what a top-grade copy can command in Bernard King's established card hierarchy.
$4,320
Direct sale record
This Heritage sale is primarily a condition-scarcity benchmark, showing what a top-grade copy can command in Bernard King's established card hierarchy.
$4,270
Direct sale record
This Heritage result is a useful Bernard King rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
$4,140
Linked source report
This Memory Lane result is a useful Bernard King rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
$4,140
Jan 11, 2025
Collector context
Record-sale context
This Fanatics Weekly result is a useful Bernard King rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
Rookie-card benchmark
1978-79 Topps Bernard King rookie in PSA 7-8 is the first card to understand in Bernard King's market.
How the market is layered
King's peak scoring and Madison Square Garden identity give him an enduring collector story. The 1978 Topps rookie is the clear anchor, while premium prices on later cards need exceptional scarcity or eye appeal. On the current public-sales board, 1978 Topps Basketball Bernard King ROOKIE #75 PSA 10 GEM MINT sets the observable trophy reference. Use that result to map Bernard King's market across rookie cards, scarce parallels, autographs, and premium memorabilia cards; compare cards only within the same product, year, serial-number, grade, and sale-type lane.
Cards that define the market
Where collectors get it wrong
King's peak is memorable enough to sell the story, but only the rookie reliably carries that story in card form. Before using a Bernard King result as a comp, verify the exact product, parallel, serial number, grade, autograph and memorabilia wording, and sale type. A headline result such as 1978 Topps Basketball Bernard King ROOKIE #75 PSA 10 GEM MINT documents the trophy ceiling, but it does not automatically establish repeatable value for a different card or a weaker copy.
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