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Griffey Rookie Card on Verge of Breaking $5,000 Barrier: Is ‘G5K’ Imminent?
NEW YORK, November 1, 2025 – The 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card, graded PSA 10, is rapidly approaching a historic milestone: a $5,000 valuation. Recent sales trends and current bidding activity suggest that the card, a cornerstone of many collections, could soon reach the “G5K” level, a benchmark previously breached only during the height of the pandemic-fueled collectibles boom and once on September 27, 2025 at Goldin Auctions.
Just over a month ago, on September 22nd, the card was selling for under $4,000 through Probstein on eBay, with sales ranging from $3,800 to $3,950. Fast forward to today, and the market has seen a significant surge. According to Card Ladder, the card’s current value sits at $4,550, based on recent sales ranging from $4,415 to $4,699.
The availability of cards under $5,000 is dwindling. While one Canadian eBay listing offers the card for $4,500, current U.S. tariff policies would add a substantial 35% markup for American buyers. Domestically, the lowest available price is $4,750, followed by listings at $4,995 and $5,555, indicating a potential inventory squeeze.
Several eBay auctions are currently underway, with closing bids worth monitoring as potential indicators of the card’s trajectory toward the $5,000 mark. (UPDATE: The first of the auctions just closed at $4535.)
While the card has briefly exceeded $5,000 in the past, those instances were considered outliers or short-lived spikes. Whether this current surge represents a sustainable increase or another fleeting bubble remains to be seen. However, all data is certainly compelling enough to regard G5K as a distinct possibility and something that may even happen quite soon.
Jason A. Schwartz is a collectibles expert whose work can be found regularly at SABR Baseball Cards, Hobby News Daily, and 1939Bruins.com.
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