Now that is one expensive card.
A signed card featuring Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant sold for $12.932 million on Saturday, establishing a record for most ever paid for a sports collectible card.
This record-setting card is known as the 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman Autographs Jordan & Bryant card. It surpassed the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card, which was sold for $12.6 million in August 2022.
The Jordan/Bryant card is the second most expensive sports collectible ever, behind Babe Ruth's 1932 World Series "called shot" jersey. That little piece of history sold for $24.12 million in 2024.
The Jordan/Bryant card was sold through Heritage Auctions. The purchaser's identity was not revealed.
Chris Ivy, Heritage's director of sports auctions, said via ESPN that the