1990 Fleer Baseball Cards Most Valuable: Top 24 and Errors

The most valuable 1990 Fleer baseball cards are the Ken Griffey Jr. #513, the Nolan Ryan #313 and the Bo Jackson #110, and even these top out at about $50 to $110 in PSA 10. The set was printed in huge numbers, so a raw, ungraded copy of almost any card in it is worth very little; the value sits in gem-mint graded copies.

PSA 10 values from Old Sports Cards (read Sept. 25, 2026), with PSA's total graded count, the number of PSA 10s, and the share of graded copies that earned a 10:

• #513 Ken Griffey Jr.: $100–$110; 4,932 graded, 1,315 PSA 10 (26.7%).
• #313 Nolan Ryan: $60–$70; 897 graded, 466 PSA 10 (52.0%).
• #110 Bo Jackson: $50–$55; 461 graded, 184 PSA 10 (39.9%).
• #74 Jose Uribe: $40–$45; 408 graded, 54 PSA 10 (13.2%).
• #10 Rickey Henderson: $40–$45; 232 graded, 131 PSA 10 (56.5%).
• #447 Don Mattingly: $35–$40; 231 graded, 156 PSA 10 (67.5%).
• #461 Barry Bonds: $35–$40; 395 graded, 104 PSA 10 (26.3%).
• #40 Ryne Sandberg, #187 Cal Ripken Jr., #454 Deion Sanders rookie, #548 Sammy Sosa rookie, #636 300 Strikeout Club (Ryan / Mike Scott): $30–$35 each.
• #635 Human Dynamos (Bo Jackson / Kirby Puckett): about $30.
• #3 Jose Canseco, #157 Tony Gwynn, #217 Darryl Strawberry, #383 Kirby Puckett, #103 George Brett, #260 Ozzie Smith, #268 Wade Boggs, #363 Larry Walker rookie, #591 Dale Murphy, #485 Albert Belle rookie: $25–$30 each.
• #638 AL All-Stars (Mattingly / McGwire): about $25.

The Sosa rookie is the most-graded card in the set (10,091 copies), which is one reason its PSA 10 price stays low: 1,922 PSA 10s exist.

Several 1990 Fleer cards were printed with mistakes. Wax Pack Gods lists these, with price ranges it does not tie to a specific grade (read Sept. 25, 2026):

• #74 Jose Uribe: birth year printed as 1960 instead of 1959. Wax Pack Gods calls it heavily hyped for a common card and gives a range of $2 to $500; Old Sports Cards notes an unusual eBay price history and a PSA 10 value of $40–$45.
• #621 George Brett: the back credits him with ten .390-plus seasons instead of .300-plus; $30–$40.
• #353 Dave Martinez: the "90" is printed yellow instead of red; $35–$40.
• #630 Will Clark: total bases listed as 32 instead of 321; $15–$70.
• #624 Cal Ripken Jr.: name spelled "Ripkin"; $40–$50.

Before you pay more for an error, check the detail on the card yourself and compare with sold listings, not asking prices; Wax Pack Gods warns that the Uribe card in particular is often listed far above what it sells for.

Fleer released an Update set in fall 1990 with mid-season trades and debuts. Wax Pack Gods ranks its top five (ranges, grade not stated, read Sept. 25, 2026):

• #U-87 Frank Thomas rookie: $40–$50.
• #U-68 Curt Schilling rookie: $40–$45.
• #U-131 Nolan Ryan No-Hitters: $30–$40.
• #U-46 Dale Murphy: $30–$35.
• #U-128 John Olerud rookie: $25–$30.

The card number on the back starts with "U", which is the quickest way to tell an Update card from a base-set card.

For most cards in this set, no. The cheapest grading tiers on Sept. 25, 2026 were CGC Cards Bulk at $17 per card (25-card minimum, cards worth up to $500, about 150 working days, per CGC's fee page) and PSA Standard at $59.99 per card (cards worth up to $1,000, 90–100 business days, Sports Illustrated, Sept. 9, 2026); PSA's cheaper Value tiers were paused. Shipping is extra.

Now compare that with the Griffey #513: a PSA 10 is worth $100–$110, but only 26.7% of the copies people chose to send in earned a 10. Most graded Griffeys come back a 9 or lower, and those sell for much less. Unless the card is sharp under magnification on all four corners and well centered, grading usually costs more than it adds. Our grade-your-own checklist walks through what to look at first.

Outside 1990, the Fleer card that matters most is the 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan #57: $4,779 raw, $37,524 in grade 9 and $300,392 in PSA 10 (SportsCardsPro, Sept. 25, 2026); see our Michael Jordan rookie card page. Cardboard Connection also lists the 1989 Fleer Randy Johnson rookie with the Marlboro billboard sign in the background among its standout junk wax cards. Within 1990 Fleer, the list above is the answer: the cards worth money are Hall of Famers and rookies in PSA 10, plus a few errors.

• Card number: the number on the back is how every price guide lists the card; two different cards can show the same player (Nolan Ryan is on #313 and on the #636 300 Strikeout Club card).
• Base or Update: Update numbers start with "U".
• Error details: read the back line by line for the Uribe birth year, the Brett batting line and the Clark total bases; check the "90" color on Dave Martinez.
• Condition: compare the corners and centering with the PSA grading scale before deciding to grade.

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Research and drafting for this page were assisted by AI and checked line by line against the sources listed below. Every price names its source and the date we read it. SportsCardsPro's 1990 Fleer set page refused automated access on Sept. 25, 2026, so the set values come from Old Sports Cards and Wax Pack Gods, which do not date their prices. Where that left a gap, the page says so instead of guessing. Prices change; treat them as a reference, not an offer. If you find an error, tell us and we will correct it.