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The two priciest cards are baseball cards, followed by three basketball cards. The first sports card to sell for one million dollars was a T206 Honus Wagner which went for $1,265,000 at auction in 2000 (equivalent to $2,238,133 in 2023). [1]
A baseball card is a type of trading card relating to baseball, usually printed on cardboard, silk, or plastic. [2] In the 1950s, they came with a stick of gum and a limited number of cards. These cards feature one or more baseball players, teams, stadiums, or celebrities.
The T206 Wagner is the most valuable baseball card in existence, and even damaged examples are valued at $100,000 or more. [1] This is in part because of Wagner's place among baseball's immortals, as he was an original Hall of Fame inductee. More importantly, it is one of the scarcest cards from the most prominent of all vintage card sets.
This is the third time in the past calendar year that the record for most expensive baseball card has been broken. In August 2020, a Mike Trout rookie card sold for $3.93 million, taking the top ...
An ‘elusive’ Babe Ruth rookie card could fetch over $10 million at auction: It’s ‘the most significant baseball card ever produced’ Chris Morris November 10, 2023 at 7:43 AM
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In August 2022, a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle baseball card in mint condition (SGC Mint+ 9.5) sold for a record $12.6 million. It was originally purchased for $50,000 in 1991. The previous record for a sports card was $7.25 million, made by a 1909 T206 Honus Wagner card designed by the American Tobacco Company. [138]
We took a look around eBay to find out which cards are going for some of the highest rates. The prices we discovered ranged anywhere from a few hundred dollars to the hundreds of thousands -- even ...