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Set record for the most expensive football card ever. 9 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 Kobe Bryant: 1997 Metal Universe Precious Metal Gems - Green Serial numbered #4/100 BGS NM-MT+ 8.5 February 22, 2022 Private sale Set a record for a Kobe Bryant card. The Precious Metal Gems were serial numbered to 100 with 1-10 being Green and 11-100 being Red.
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 United States Playing Card Company (USPC, though also commonly known as USPCC) is a large American producer and distributor of playing cards.It was established in 1867 as Russell, Morgan & Co. and founded in Cincinnati, Ohio in its current incarnation in 1885.
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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By then, Bowman was competing against Leaf Candy Company, which left the marketplace in 1950; [9] that year Bowman sales of baseball cards alone was $1 million. [1] For a few years, Bowman was the leading producer of baseball cards, but was soon overtaken by rival company Topps Chewing Gum. Bowman produced baseball cards until 1955. [3]
In August 2020, a Mike Trout rookie card sold for $3.93 million, taking the top spot from what else but a Wagner card, which had held the record since 2016 with a sale price of $3.3 million.
Topps produced its first baseball trading card set in 1951, with the resulting design resembling that of playing cards. [12] Topps owner and founder Sy Berger created the first true modern baseball card set, complete with playing record and statistics, the following year in the form of 1952 Topps Baseball. [13]