Player sales board | 10 ranked results
See the 10 most expensive Rick Barry 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
$40,800
Jul 6, 2023
1971 Topps Basketball Rick Barry ROOKIE #170 PSA 10 GEM MINT (PWCC-A)
Record sales
Updated July 23, 2026
$40,800
Direct sale record
This Fanatics Premier result is a useful Rick Barry rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
$40,800
Jul 6, 2023
$33,600
Direct sale record
This Heritage sale is primarily a condition-scarcity benchmark, showing what a top-grade copy can command in Rick Barry's established card hierarchy.
$28,975
Linked source report
This Memory Lane result is a useful Rick Barry rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
$28,975
Oct 9, 2021
$11,400
Direct sale record
This documented Heritage result earns a top-ten spot because it gives collectors a concrete public benchmark for one of Rick Barry's stronger card lanes.
$9,217
Direct sale record
This eBay result is a useful Rick Barry rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
$9,000
Direct sale record
This Fanatics Weekly sale is primarily a condition-scarcity benchmark, showing what a top-grade copy can command in Rick Barry's established card hierarchy.
$9,000
May 28, 2023
$6,711
Direct sale record
This eBay sale is primarily a condition-scarcity benchmark, showing what a top-grade copy can command in Rick Barry's established card hierarchy.
$6,655
Direct sale record
This Fanatics Weekly result is a useful Rick Barry rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
$6,655
Sep 20, 2020
$6,361
Direct sale record
This Fanatics Weekly result is a useful Rick Barry rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
$6,361
Mar 19, 2021
$4,920
Direct sale record
This Fanatics Weekly sale is primarily a condition-scarcity benchmark, showing what a top-grade copy can command in Rick Barry's established card hierarchy.
$4,920
May 7, 2023
Collector context
Record-sale context
This Fanatics Premier result is a useful Rick Barry rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
Rookie-card benchmark
1971-72 Topps Rick Barry rookie #170 in PSA 6-7 is the first card to understand in Rick Barry's market.
How the market is layered
Barry's championship, scoring résumé, and ABA history make him a useful bridge between leagues, but collectors have a narrow hierarchy. The 1971 Topps rookie is the cleanest anchor, with condition rarity doing most of the premium work. On the current public-sales board, 1971 Topps Basketball Rick Barry ROOKIE #170 PSA 10 GEM MINT (PWCC-A) sets the observable trophy reference. Use that result to map Rick Barry'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
Barry is historically important without having a deep solo-card buyer pool, so condition premiums need to be especially defensible. Before using a Rick Barry result as a comp, verify the exact product, parallel, serial number, grade, autograph and memorabilia wording, and sale type. A headline result such as 1971 Topps Basketball Rick Barry ROOKIE #170 PSA 10 GEM MINT (PWCC-A) documents the trophy ceiling, but it does not automatically establish repeatable value for a different card or a weaker copy.
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