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Top 10 Most Valuable Sports Cards Ever

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T206 Honus Wagner

$7,250,000
August 2022

$6,606,286
August 2021

In August 2021, REA Auctions sold this Honus Wagner T206 card, graded SGC 3, for $6.6 million.


On the Mount Rushmore of sports cards. The first ever card PSA graded was a Honus Wagner PSA 8 that was later discovered to be trimmed!

Past Sales

$3,660,000
Date Sold: 5/2021
PSA 2
Goldin Auctions

$3,136,500
Date Sold: 3/31/2022
PSA 1
Mile High

$3,120,000
Date Sold: 10/1/2021
PSA 5 (MC)
Goldin Auctions

$2,700,000
Date Sold: 2007
PSA 8
Gretzky's Card

$1,426,800
Date Sold: 11/1/2020
PSA 1
Goldin Auctions

$1,169,875
Date Sold: 9/2/2020
PSA 1
Mile High Card Company

2009 National Treasures Stephen Curry

PSA Graded 8

$5,900,000
July 2021

Selling platform Alt purchased this card in July 2021. 

1952 Topps Mickey Mantle

PSA Graded 9

$5,200,000
January 2021

The most iconic Topps card of all-time.


There are only 6 PSA 9 1952 Topps Mantle cards ever graded!


This PSA 9 version was purchased by Indianapolis entrepreneur/actor Rob Gough in January 2021.


A PSA 8 sold for $1,560,000 on February 26, 2022.

Past Sales

$2,880,000
Date Sold: 4/20/2018
Heritage Auctions

$282,587
Date Sold: 12/15/2006
Memory Lane

2003-04 Exquisite LeBron James

BGS Graded 9

$5,200,000
April 2020

Many Exquisite Lebron's have sold for over $1 million, this is the highest priced one. Sold by PWCC in April 2020.


The crazy thing about the LeBron James Exquisite is a bunch of them are trimmed!

More Information


Trimmed versions:
40/99, 53/99, 61/99, 64/99, 67/99,74/99, 75/99, 87/99


For Sale:
Exquisite Lebron James Cards

National Treasures Luka Doncic

BGS Graded 9

$4,600,000
February 2021

There is reason to believe the autograph on the front of the card isn't even real!


Panini Luka Doncic Autograph Cards Are Fake


For Sale:
National Treasures Luka Doncic

2017 National Treasures Patrick Mahomes

BGS Graded 8.5

$4,300,000
July 2021

PWCC brokered the sale of this ultra rare, one of one, Patrick Mahomes card in July 2021. 


For Sale:
National Treasures Patrick Mahomes


Checklist:
2017 National Treasures

2009 Bowman Draft Mike Trout

BGS Graded 9

$3,840,00
August 2021

Interesting history with this card as it was originally purchased for $400,000 by Vegas Dave in 2018.


Vegas Dave cashed out and sold the card for $3.8m via Goldin in August 2021. He then predicted the sports card market would tank by 2023.


As of August 2022, the card is now in a PSA 9 holder. 

1979 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky

PSA Graded 10

$3,750,000
May 2021

In May 2021, Heritage Auctions brokered the sale of this Wayne Gretzky PSA 10 rookie card.

Past Sales

$1,290,000
Date Sold: 12/13/2020
Heritage Auctions

2000 Playoff Contenders Tom Brady

BGS Graded 9

$3,100,000

June 2021

Several Tom Brady Contenders rookie cards have sold for over $1 million, but this one is the highest so far, $3.1 million by Lelands in June 2021.

2020 Flawless LeBron James Logoman

PSA Authentic

$2,400,000
June 2022

Originally pulled by Backyard Breaks on a WhatNot stream. Predictions that the card would sell for over $5,000,000 didn't pan out. 

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1997 Upper Deck Michael Jordan

BGS Graded 9

$2,103,300
May 2021

In May 2021, Goldin Auctions sold this Michael Jordan card for over $2 million, which is the highest price ever recorded for a MJ card.

Past Sales

$1,440,300
February 2021

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1997-98 PMG Kobe Bryant

BGS Graded 8.5

$2,000,000
February 2022

PWCC brokered this sale of a 4/10 Kobe Bryant Precious Metal Gems (PMG). Read more about the card in this article from Beckett.

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2013 National Treasures Giannis Antetokounmpo 1/1

BGS Graded 9

$1,812,000
September 2020

The 1/1 "Logaman" Rookie Card of Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo. 

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1996-97 Topps Chrome Kobe Bryant

BGS Graded 10

$1,795,800
March 2021

This BGS "Black Label" Kobe sold in March 2021 and is the second highest priced Kobe card ever recorded. 

More Research


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