Move over 1952’s Topps Mickey Mantle card, there’s a new winner in town with the Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant card selling at auction for a whopping $12.9 million.
The signed 2007 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman Autographs numbered 1-of-1 was already on track, having begun with an over $6 million price tag when it went to auction earlier this week.
On Saturday, August 23, the card sold for $12.9 million to an undisclosed buyer through Heritage Auctions. The price makes it one of the most expensive trading cards ever sold, marking a historic milestone in sports memorabilia. The card surpasses the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card by roughly $300k, which sold in 2022 for $12.6 million.
According to Chris Ivy, Heritage’s director of sports auctions, the original owner of the Jordan and Kobe card held onto it for over a decade. The owner was approached several times by private buyers with a “high seven-figure” price tag for the card before it went to auction.
The Exquisite card is one-of-a-kind, including patches from the legendary basketball players’ jerseys.
🐍 SPORTS CARD HISTORY 🐐
The Kobe Bryant x Michael Jordan Exquisite Dual Logoman Auto 1/1 has set the record for the highest-selling sports card in HISTORY!
At nearly $13M, this passes the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle SGC 9.5 that sold in 2022 for $12.6M.
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“Exquisite was first, Exquisite paved the way. It’s the pinnacle as far as modern card collectors are concerned, and this is the only time there’s been Jordan and Kobe autographed Logomans. Another one can’t be created. It’s always been looked at by modern basketball collectors as a holy grail,” said Ivy.
The Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant card is now the second most expensive piece of sports memorabilia to have ever been sold. Holding onto the title is none other than Babe Ruth’s 1932 World Series “called shot” jersey. It sold in 2024 for $24.2 million after an intense six-hour bidding war, with the buyer remaining anonymous.
That’s not all, this month, high-end collector Matt Allen also privately spent $4 million on two 1-of-1 Panini Flawless Logoman Kobe cards.
