1997 SkyBox Metal Universe Tim Duncan Precious Metal Gems Emerald Rookie #66 BGS 8 /100
$330,646
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Why it matters
This verified Heritage sale adds a newly reportable benchmark to the player's all-time sales board.
Player sales board | 10 ranked results
See the 10 most expensive Tim Duncan 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
$330,646
Aug 21, 2026
1997 SkyBox Metal Universe Tim Duncan Precious Metal Gems Emerald Rookie #66 BGS 8 /100
Record sales
Updated August 24, 2026
$330,646
Direct sale record
This verified Heritage sale adds a newly reportable benchmark to the player's all-time sales board.
$286,819
Direct source pending
Checklist force plus true one-of-one scarcity turns this into a full trophy-card result, which is why serious Tim money keeps reaching this tier.
$286,819
Apr 9, 2026
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$228,000
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PMG still works because late-1990s insert culture carries closed-catalog scarcity that modern products simply cannot recreate.
$228,000
Aug 29, 2025
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$218,400
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PMG still works because late-1990s insert culture carries closed-catalog scarcity that modern products simply cannot recreate.
$218,400
Apr 25, 2021
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Buyer-premium treatment not stated
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$204,000
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Flawless logoman results matter because they give Tim a clean trophy-card answer once the market wants a true top-end statement.
$204,000
Dec 19, 2025
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$168,000
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PMG still works because late-1990s insert culture carries closed-catalog scarcity that modern products simply cannot recreate.
$168,000
Sep 24, 2024
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Buyer-premium treatment not stated
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$156,000
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True logoman scarcity is doing the work here, giving Tim the kind of statement-card result that broadens the market beyond ordinary rookie lanes.
$156,000
Oct 24, 2025
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Buyer-premium treatment not stated
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$120,000
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The result holds because this is one of the cards serious Tim collectors keep circling back to when the market wants a headline sale.
$120,000
Sep 26, 2025
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$120,000
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The result holds because this is one of the cards serious Tim collectors keep circling back to when the market wants a headline sale.
$120,000
Feb 22, 2024
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Buyer-premium treatment not stated
Direct source pending
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$108,000
Direct source pending
Checklist force plus true one-of-one scarcity turns this into a full trophy-card result, which is why serious Tim money keeps reaching this tier.
$108,000
Sep 24, 2024
USD
Buyer-premium treatment not stated
Direct source pending
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Collector context
Record-sale context
This verified Heritage sale adds a newly reportable benchmark to the player's all-time sales board.
Rookie-card benchmark
Duncan's rookie-card summit still belongs to the 1997-98 PMG Green /10 lane, which serious collectors treat as one of the defining late-1990s grails.
How the market is layered
Duncan is one of the safest basketball resumes in the sport, but his card market is famously calm. The best buys live in the 1997 Topps Chrome, Finest, and rare refractor lanes where the card can carry the quiet greatness.
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Where collectors get it wrong
Duncan's market fools people because the basketball certainty is enormous while the hobby temperature is restrained. The card has to do extra work.
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