Kobe Bryant, 1997 Metal Universe #81

Stolen copy's grade unknown

Basketball

Kobe Bryant

1997 Metal Universe #81

Cert164394569

STOLEN10.13.26

1997

Metal Universe

#81

Kobe Bryant

No photo on file

PSA's description

1997 METAL UNIVERSE 81 KOBE BRYANT

DECERTIFIED

Status as of Oct 23, 2026PSA deactivated this cert. No recoveries have been reported.In your own PSA order? What PSA is paying owners

Value by grade

Each estimate is the median, the middle price, of the public sales we found of this card at that grade.

PSA's list does not give the grade of the stolen copy.

SlabHeist estimates from 15 public sales (5 at PSA 10, 5 at PSA 9, 5 at PSA 8). Checked Oct 24, 2026.Close match

Listings we matched1

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Public sales of Kobe Bryant, 1997 Metal Universe #81, newest first
Sold	Venue	Grade	Price
Oct 24, 2026eBayPSA 9	eBay	PSA 9	$1,200
Oct 23, 2026Fanatics CollectPSA 8	Fanatics Collect	PSA 8	$656
Oct 23, 2026eBayPSA 8	eBay	PSA 8	$700
Oct 23, 2026eBayPSA 8	eBay	PSA 8	$650
Oct 22, 2026eBayPSA 9	eBay	PSA 9	$1,251
Oct 22, 2026eBayPSA 9	eBay	PSA 9	$1,355
Oct 22, 2026Fanatics CollectPSA 8	Fanatics Collect	PSA 8	$599
Oct 21, 2026eBayPSA 8	eBay	PSA 8	$675
Oct 19, 2026eBayPSA 9	eBay	PSA 9	$1,400
Oct 18, 2026Fanatics CollectPSA 10	Fanatics Collect	PSA 10	$15,000
Oct 18, 2026eBayPSA 9	eBay	PSA 9	$1,275
Oct 11, 2026Fanatics CollectPSA 10	Fanatics Collect	PSA 10	$17,400
Oct 10, 2026eBayPSA 10	eBay	PSA 10	$15,000
Oct 4, 2026Fanatics CollectPSA 10	Fanatics Collect	PSA 10	$17,400
Sep 13, 2026Fanatics CollectPSA 10	Fanatics Collect	PSA 10	$13,800

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