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title: "2003-04 Topps Chrome Basketball LeBron James #111: Base vs Refractor vs Black Refractor Price & How to Tell | CardVolume"
url: https://cardvolume.com/sports/basketball/2003-topps-chrome-lebron-james-111/versions/
as_of: 2026-09-29
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> At PSA 10, the Black Refractor sells for $233,700 (median of the last 5 sales), the Refractor sells for $81,749 (90-day median of 5 sales), the Base sells for $14,600 (90-day median of 9 sales). The Black Refractor costs about 16.0× the Base at the same grade. How to tell each version apart, with ev

LeBron James Topps Chrome RC

2003-04 Topps Chrome Basketball · #111

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# LeBron James Topps Chrome RC: Base vs Refractor vs Black Refractor

2003-04 Topps Chrome Basketball · #111 · 2003

## Answer

-   At PSA 10, the Black Refractor sells for $233,700 (median of the last 5 sales), the Refractor sells for $81,749 (90-day median of 5 sales), the Base sells for $14,600 (90-day median of 9 sales). The Black Refractor costs about 16.0× the Base at the same grade.

As of Sep 29, 2026 · Verified and cross-checked sales only · [How we verify](https://cardvolume.com/methodology/)

Base

14

verified sales · record $16,800

Refractor

9

verified sales · record $90,000

Black Refractor

14

verified sales · record $461,250

[Full sales history and population](https://cardvolume.com/sports/basketball/2003-topps-chrome-lebron-james-111/)

## How to tell the versions apart

Version

How to identify it

Verified sales

Last sale

**Base**

Standard Topps Chrome #111 without Refractor finish or serial numbering.

14

$3,050 · Sep 25, 2026

**Refractor**

Rainbow Refractor finish; not serial numbered in the opened checklist source.

9

$90,000 · Sep 19, 2026

**Black Refractor**

Black-border Refractor parallel, listed by PSA as Black Refractor and by checklist sources as serial numbered to 500.

14

$24,141 · Mar 15, 2026

**Gold Refractor**

Gold-border Refractor rookie parallel, checklist sources list rookie Gold Refractors as serial numbered to 50.

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**X-Fractor**

Uncirculated X-Fractor parallel, checklist sources list it as serial numbered to 220.

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**Identity note:** Seed variants were correct; keep base, Refractor, Black Refractor, Gold Refractor, and X-Fractor separate.

## Price by version and grade

Grade

Base

Refractor

Black Refractor

PSA 10

**$14,600**  
9 sales

**$81,749**  
5 sales

**$233,700**  
5 sales

PSA 9

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**$4,999**  
1 sale

PSA 8

**$3,195**  
5 sales

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**$19,975**  
3 sales

PSA 7

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**$12,098**  
5 sales

BGS 9.5

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**$36,000**  
4 sales

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Price we quote: the 90-day market price where one exists (median of at least 5 sales), otherwise the median of the last 5 verified sales. Linked prices open that grade's full sales list.