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1961 Fleer #8 Wilt Chamberlain RC

Set
Fleer
Year
1961
Sport
Basketball
Era
Vintage
Grades on record
31
Verified sales
101

No headline price

This card has a verified sale at 30 grades from a named grading company, across 2 grading companies (PSA, SGC). Across those, the two ends sit 3128.2× apart: PSA Authentic at $312 against PSA 10 at $976,000. Which one is the price depends on which slab is in your hand.

Notes on the file

Written from the record above. Every figure quoted here is one of the figures in the ladder; anything that could not be traced back to a verified sale was cut rather than corrected.

Most-traded gradePSA 8 · $45,140 · 13 verified sales

What this card is

The 1961 Fleer #8 card is Wilt Chamberlain's rookie card, issued by Fleer as part of its 1961 basketball set. It is widely collected as a foundational rookie card for one of basketball's most prominent early stars. Realized sales for this card range widely, reflecting significant price variation by condition and grade.

Longest-standing figurePSA 7.5 · $1,195 · last sold 25 OCT 2009

The set it came from

This card is numbered #8 within the 1961 Fleer basketball set, one of Fleer's early basketball card issues. As Wilt Chamberlain's rookie card, it is a key card within that set for collectors focused on basketball's early professional era.

Spread across graded copiesPSA Authentic $312 → PSA 10 $976,000 · 3128.2×

Why the grades diverge

Realized sales span grades from SGC 2 and PSA 1.5 through PSA 10, showing surviving copies across a wide condition range. Both PSA and SGC professionally graded copies exist for this card, alongside ungraded examples.

Most recent verified salePSA 1.5 · $2,225 · 23 JUL 2026

What the record shows

The steep price gradient across grades reflects strong condition sensitivity typical of vintage cardboard from this era.

On the record5 questions the archive can answer
What is the 1961 Fleer #8 Wilt Chamberlain card?
It is Wilt Chamberlain's rookie card, card number 8 in Fleer's 1961 basketball set.
Is the 1961 Fleer Wilt Chamberlain card considered a rookie card?
Yes, it is recognized as Chamberlain's rookie card from his first year in the set.
How much has the 1961 Fleer #8 Wilt Chamberlain card sold for?
Realized sales range from $239 for a low-grade SGC 2 copy up to $976,000 for a PSA 10.
What grades exist for this card?
Realized sales include PSA grades from 1.5 to 10 and SGC grades from 2 to 9, as well as ungraded copies.
What manufacturer produced this card?
Fleer produced the card as part of its 1961 basketball set.
Where each graded copy sits — log scale14 priced grades
$312 PSA AuthenticPSA 10 $976,000

The grade ladder

Every grade this card has a priced record in — nothing withheld — kept apart by grading company because a PSA 10 and a CGC 10 are different assets. 17 figures are marked disputed and should not be read as this card's price at that grade.

1961 Fleer #8 Wilt Chamberlain RC — value, evidence and recency for every grade on record
GradeValueLast verified sale Realized rangeSold / comps DepthBasis
PSA — graded 15 grades · 62 verified sales
10 $976,000 24 AUG 2025 $976,000 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
9 $189,100 11 JUL 2026 $22,800 – $348,000 12 realized sales of 12 comps thin last comp · sold
8.5 $31,200disputed: Priced below PSA 8, a lower grade from the same company 16 NOV 2018 $31,200 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
8 $45,140 11 JUL 2026 $8,400 – $50,020 13 realized sales of 13 comps thin last comp · sold
7.5 $1,195disputed: Priced below PSA 5, a lower grade from the same company 25 OCT 2009 $1,195 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
7 $3,110disputed: Priced below PSA 5, a lower grade from the same company 01 MAR 2026 $3,110 – $34,800 7 realized sales of 7 comps thin last comp · sold
6 $5,800disputed: Priced below PSA 5, a lower grade from the same company 21 JUL 2026 $956 – $19,800 12 realized sales of 12 comps thin last comp · sold
5 $6,000 26 APR 2026 $6,000 – $7,200 3 realized sales of 3 comps thin last comp · sold
4.5 $3,000disputed: Priced below PSA 4, a lower grade from the same company 09 MAY 2020 $3,000 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
4 $4,505 03 JUL 2026 $2,040 – $4,505 3 realized sales of 3 comps thin last comp · sold
3.5 $526disputed: Priced below PSA 3, a lower grade from the same company 08 NOV 2015 $526 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
3 $3,620 03 MAY 2026 $3,620 – $3,720 2 realized sales of 2 comps thin last comp · sold
2 $2,075disputed: Priced below PSA 1.5, a lower grade from the same company 19 JUL 2026 $311 – $3,000 3 realized sales of 3 comps thin last comp · sold
1.5 $2,225 23 JUL 2026 $2,225 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
Authentic $312 18 NOV 2017 $312 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
SGC — graded 15 grades · 31 verified sales
9 $132,000 22 AUG 2021 $19,200 – $132,000 4 realized sales of 4 comps thin last comp · sold
8.5 $11,400disputed: Priced below SGC 7.5, a lower grade from the same company 20 JUL 2018 $11,400 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
8 $5,760disputed: Priced below SGC 7.5, a lower grade from the same company 20 AUG 2017 $1,793 – $5,760 3 realized sales of 3 comps thin last comp · sold
7.5 $18,000 13 DEC 2020 $3,600 – $18,000 2 realized sales of 2 comps thin last comp · sold
7 $1,135disputed: Priced below SGC 5, a lower grade from the same company 07 NOV 2015 $1,135 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
6 $6,207disputed: Priced below SGC 5, a lower grade from the same company 04 JUN 2026 $508 – $6,207 2 realized sales of 2 comps thin last comp · sold
5.5 $6,900disputed: Priced below SGC 5, a lower grade from the same company 24 JUL 2021 $1,315 – $6,900 2 realized sales of 2 comps thin last comp · sold
5 $12,600 08 MAY 2021 $837 – $12,600 3 realized sales of 3 comps thin last comp · sold
4 $900disputed: Priced below SGC 3, a lower grade from the same company 20 JUL 2018 $299 – $900 2 realized sales of 2 comps thin last comp · sold
3.5 $1,860disputed: Priced below SGC 3, a lower grade from the same company 24 JUL 2021 $287 – $1,860 2 realized sales of 2 comps thin last comp · sold
3 $2,340 12 FEB 2023 $430 – $2,340 4 realized sales of 4 comps thin last comp · sold
2.5 $408disputed: Priced below SGC 1.5, a lower grade from the same company 08 APR 2018 $408 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
2 $239disputed: Priced below SGC 1.5, a lower grade from the same company 14 MAR 2010 $239 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
1.5 $840 09 FEB 2020 $335 – $840 2 realized sales of 2 comps thin last comp · sold
Authentic $576 20 JUL 2019 $576 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
Raw — ungraded 1 grade · 8 verified sales Copies sold with no grade assigned by any company.
Raw $1,537disputed: Priced at or above SGC 2, a graded copy — an ungraded copy should not be 24 JUN 2026 $1,379 – $3,800 8 realized sales of 8 comps moderate wtd median · sold

How these numbers are made

Source
FLOAT's own verified-comp archive. A comp is a realized sale only when it settled as an auction, a fixed-price purchase or an accepted offer; marketplace asks and price-guide columns are counted separately as quotes and can never stand in for a sale.
This file
101 verified sales across 31 grades, computed from the archive as it stood on 07 AUG 2026.
Recency
Each grade shows the date of its own most recent verified sale. There is no refresh clock on this page and there will not be one: a graded card of this kind changes hands roughly twice a year, so a ticking counter would imply motion this market does not have.
Missing figures
A grade with no verified sale says so and shows no date. Nothing on this page is estimated, extrapolated or filled in from a comparable card.
Which grade is yours
Read the row for the company on your slab. The grade number alone is not enough — the same number from two companies is two different assets and trades accordingly.
Reading a row
"Value" is what the archive resolves that grade to; last comp means it is simply the most recent realized sale, carried forward. "Depth" is how much recent trade stands behind it — thin means fewer than three sales in the window, which is most of this market.
Disputed figures
A row marked disputed contradicts another row on this page: a grade priced below a lower grade from the same grading company, or an ungraded copy priced at or above a graded one. Both figures cannot be right and the archive does not say which is wrong, so neither is deleted and the less credible side carries the mark. Removing the row would hide the conflict rather than resolve it; 17 of the 31 grades on this page are marked. Disputed figures are never used for the spread quoted at the top of this page.