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An anonymous bidder paid a record \u00a39.56m ($12.9m) at an auction for a basketball card signed by Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant making it the most expensive sports collectable card in history.<\/b><\/p>\n
The card is known as the 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman Autographs Jordan & Bryant card and was sold by Heritage Auctions in the United States.<\/p>\n
It had been in the hands of its previous owner for more than a decade and went into auction with a valuation expecting it to achieve \u00a34.4m ($6m) or above. In total 82 bids were then received as the estimate was more than doubled.<\/p>\n
The winning bid beat the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card, which was sold for $12.6m<\/a> in August 2022, though the exchange rate at the time meant this was equivalent to \u00a310.8m.<\/p>\n The Jordan-Bryant card is the second most expensive sports collectable ever, behind baseball legend Babe Ruth’s 1932 World Series “called the shot” jersey which sold for \u00a318.1m ($24.12)<\/a> in August 2024.<\/p>\n Heritage’s director of sports auctions Chris Ivy told ESPN the Jordan-Bryant card was “the pinnacle” for modern card collectors. <\/p>\n He added that “another one can’t be created” and has always been looked at by modern basketball collectors as a “holy grail”.<\/p>\n “The pre-auction estimate was $6m-plus. So sometimes if a piece is unique like this, it’s really beneficial to let it have its day,” Ivy said.<\/p>\n Jordan is widely regarded as the greatest player in NBA history winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls between 1991 and 1998.<\/p>\n