Move over Mike Trout, Aaron Judge is officially the new king of the modern-day baseball card era after his 1 of 1 superfractor rookie card just sold for $5.2M to an anonymous buyer.
The card, which was sold on Fanatics Collect, passed Trout’s previous record of $3.936M which was set back in 2020. The sale obliterates the previous record for an Aaron Judge card which stood at $324K when the same card was sold via PWCC Marketplace back in 2022.
“We’re incredibly honored to have brokered this record-breaking deal and to be part of such a momentous moment in hobby history,” Fanatics Collect said in a statement. “As a company, we value our deep relationships with our collectors, with both their trust and our expertise allowing us to continue to help set sale records in the months and years to come.”
The deal is also a new record for the Fanatics Collect platform, eclipsing Shohei Ohtani’s $3M sale of his game used gold MLB logo patch back in December. Only Judge, Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle have eclipsed the $5M plateau in the world of baseball cards.
Only 3 non-baseball athletes have ever surpassed the $5M figure, all coming from the world of basketball. LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Michael Jordan have each seen a card fetch $10M or more at auction in recent years.
Per CardLadder, the Judge superfractor sale is now tied for 10th all-time in the pantheon of largest sports card sales.
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