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As of May 2020, the industry brings in over one billion dollars annually for manufacturers and retailers. [2] The current record price for an individual sports card is the US$12.6 million paid for a 1952 Mickey Mantle baseball card (Topps; #311) on August 28, 2022, breaking all previous records. [3] [4]
In February 2007, one of the hobby's most expensive card, a near mint/mint professionally graded and authenticated T206 Honus Wagner, was sold to a private collector for $2.35 million. [45] The card was sold again later that same year for a record-setting $2.8 million. [46] Throughout the 20th century, baseball cards were always made from ...
In December 2014, Peter Lik reportedly sold a photograph titled Phantom to an anonymous bidder for $6.5 million, making it potentially the third highest price paid for a photograph. [33] [34] [35] Lik's claim has been greeted with much scepticism.
The amount of the transaction was not disclosed, but Topps charged a $3.7 million after-tax loss on its books in connection with the sale. Two reissues of the iconic T206 Honus Wagner card by Topps, a 2002 edition featuring blue background with the legend "Topps 206" (left), and a 2019 reproduction of the 1909 original (right)
This is roughly 6 times the price it drew in 2003 when the hammer fell at $11.8 million. Sotheby's notes, "$66.3 million marks the highest auction price for Van Gogh since 1998, and an auction ...
Each year, Topps faced the challenge of designing new cards to distinguish them from the year before. The 1952 - 56 sets were varied in presentation, but each were the same size, 2 5/8" x 3 3/4". The '52, '53 and '54 sets were vertical, the '55 and '56 sets horizontal. In 1957, the 2 1/2 x 3 1/2" size card became standard.
The cards were also known as Bukimi Kun [ぶきみくん /Mr. Creepy] in Japan, The Garbage Gang in Australia and New Zealand, La Pandilla Basura [The Garbage Gang] in Spain, Havurat Ha-Zevel [חבורת הזבל /The Garbage Gang] in Israel, [8] Basuritas [Trashlings] in Latin America, Gang do Lixo / Loucomania [Trash Gang/Crazymania] in Brazil, Sgorbions [Snotlings] in Italy, Les Crados [The ...
In May 2021, a Wagner from a private collection sold for $3.75 million at auction, again setting a new sales record for the card. [13] In August 2022, a Wagner sold for $7.25 million, another record for the card. [14] In 2002, nearly 100 years after the original T206 cards were created, Topps rebooted the brand with Topps 206.