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2003 Topps Chrome #111 LeBron James RC Refractor

Set
Topps Chrome
Year
2003
Sport
Basketball
Era
Modern
Grades on record
9
Verified sales
20

No headline price

This card has a verified sale at 8 grades from a named grading company, across 2 grading companies (BGS, PSA). Across those, the two ends sit 4.8× apart: BGS 8.5 at $7,800 against PSA 10 at $37,200. 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 9 · $8,400 · 5 verified sales

What this card is

The 2003 Topps Chrome #111 LeBron James RC Refractor is a refractor parallel of LeBron James's rookie card from the 2003 Topps Chrome basketball set. It is one of the most recognized rookie chase cards from James's draft class and has produced a wide range of realized sale prices across grading tiers.

Longest-standing figurePSA 8 · $9,900 · last sold 03 OCT 2020

The set it came from

The card is part of the 2003 Topps Chrome basketball set, a premium chrome-stock release that ran parallel to the flagship 2003 Topps set and included refractor parallels with a reflective foil surface.

Spread across graded copiesBGS 8.5 $7,800 → PSA 10 $37,200 · 4.8×

Why the grades diverge

Professionally graded copies exist across multiple companies, with realized sales recorded for PSA and BGS holders spanning Authentic to PSA 10, alongside ungraded examples.

Most recent verified saleRaw (ungraded) · $22,500 · 24 JUL 2026

What the record shows

Realized sales for this card range widely by grade and condition. A PSA 10 sold for $78,000 on 2021-07-24 and another PSA 10 sold for $37,200 on 2022-11-19, while lower and non-standard grades have sold for less: a BGS 9 brought $17,500 on 2026-07-11, a PSA 8.5 brought $21,000 on 2021-08-22, and a PSA 6 sold for $11,100 on 2026-07-05. An ungraded copy sold for $22,500 on 2026-07-24, and a PSA Authentic example sold for $9,601 on 2026-07-18, illustrating the price spread across the grading spectrum.

On the record5 questions the archive can answer
What set is the 2003 Topps Chrome #111 LeBron James RC Refractor from?
It is from the 2003 Topps Chrome basketball set, card number 111, issued as a refractor parallel of LeBron James's rookie card.
Is the 2003 Topps Chrome #111 LeBron James a rookie card?
Yes, it is a rookie card (RC) refractor parallel from James's rookie season release.
What has a PSA 10 copy of this card sold for?
Recorded sales show a PSA 10 selling for $78,000 on 2021-07-24 and another PSA 10 selling for $37,200 on 2022-11-19.
How much do lower-grade or ungraded copies sell for?
Recorded sales include a PSA 6 at $11,100, a PSA Authentic at $9,601, and an ungraded copy at $22,500.
Which grading companies have graded this card in recorded sales?
Recorded sales include copies graded by both PSA and BGS.
Where each graded copy sits — log scale6 priced grades
$7,800 BGS 8.5PSA 10 $37,200

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. 3 figures are marked disputed and should not be read as this card's price at that grade.

2003 Topps Chrome #111 LeBron James RC Refractor — value, evidence and recency for every grade on record
GradeValueLast verified sale Realized rangeSold / comps DepthBasis
BGS — graded 2 grades · 5 verified sales
9 $17,500 11 JUL 2026 $17,500 – $18,600 2 realized sales of 2 comps thin last comp · sold
8.5 $7,800 28 AUG 2022 $7,800 – $14,400 3 realized sales of 3 comps thin last comp · sold
PSA — graded 6 grades · 13 verified sales
10 $37,200 19 NOV 2022 $37,200 – $78,000 2 realized sales of 2 comps thin last comp · sold
9 $8,400disputed: Priced below PSA 8.5, a lower grade from the same company 07 DEC 2024 $7,800 – $69,000 5 realized sales of 5 comps thin last comp · sold
8.5 $21,000 22 AUG 2021 $21,000 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
8 $9,900disputed: Priced below PSA 6, a lower grade from the same company 03 OCT 2020 $9,900 – $18,000 2 realized sales of 2 comps thin last comp · sold
6 $11,100 05 JUL 2026 $8,100 – $11,100 2 realized sales of 2 comps thin last comp · sold
Authentic $9,601 18 JUL 2026 $9,601 1 realized sale of 1 comps thin last comp · sold
Raw — ungraded 1 grade · 2 verified sales Copies sold with no grade assigned by any company.
Raw $22,500disputed: Priced at or above BGS 8.5, a graded copy — an ungraded copy should not be 24 JUL 2026 $16,500 – $22,500 2 realized sales of 2 comps thin last comp · 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
20 verified sales across 9 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; 3 of the 9 grades on this page are marked. Disputed figures are never used for the spread quoted at the top of this page.