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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]
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]
Another Topps 1952 Mickey Mantle card, graded 9.5 by SGC, sold for $12,600,000 in August 2022, becoming the most valuable sports card and item of sports memorabilia of any sort of all time. [55] [56] Condition can play a huge role in the price. Other 1952 Topps Mantle cards, graded 1, have sold for as little as a few thousand dollars. [57]
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]
Its first sports theme cards were produced in 1965, when it created a series of racing cards sponsored by Hot Rod Magazine. [2] Its next series of sports products came in 1981, when it produced baseball and golf trading cards. It was one of three manufacturers to produce baseball cards from 1981 through 1985, along with Fleer and Topps.
Beckett Media is a firm dedicated to covering the sports card, comic book grading, collectibles, and sports memorabilia sectors. Established in 1984 by statistician Dr. James Beckett, it was originally known as Beckett Publications.