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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 $2,309,756 in 2024). [1]
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.
Rookie cards, [59] players' first cards, are the most valuable ones. Sports card catalogs are a main source of obtaining detailed information on baseball cards. Online catalogs typically also contain tools for collection management and trading platforms. Alan Rosen was a high-profile card dealer, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s.
In 1933, the card was first listed at a price value of US$50 in Jefferson Burdick's The American Card Catalog (equivalent to $1,200 in 2023), making it the most expensive baseball card in the world at the time. The most famous T206 Honus Wagner is the "Gretzky T206 Honus Wagner" card. [3]
The most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever sold was a New York Yankees baseball jersey worn by Babe Ruth during his 'called shot' game in the 1932 World Series. It sold for $24.12 million in 2024. [4] In 2016, the ten most valuable sports cards and memorabilia sold for a record-setting combined $12,186,294. [5]
Guinness World Records stated an intention to certify the Yankee Stadium Legacy as the largest baseball card set ever produced, once all the cards were released. [31] The official recognition will take place only after all of the 6,500 cards are released in Upper Deck's various baseball card launches throughout the year. [30]
The cards included Mickey Mantle's first Topps card, the most valuable card of the modern era. No one at the time, of course, knew the collector's value the cards would one day attain. On August 28, 2022, the Mickey Mantle baseball card (Topps; #311; SGC MT 9.5) was sold for $12.600 million.
America's pastime -- baseball -- has been reenergized when it comes to the collectibles market. In 2021, at least four baseball cards have sold for unbelievable prices, with one record shattered ...