Shohei Ohtani
50/50 Card Sells For Record $1.067 Mil
… One-of-One!!!
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A extremely coveted Shohei Ohtani card simply bought for some insane coin at public sale — a file $1,067,500, to be actual!
The 1-of-1 autographed card — which contains a piece of Ohtani’s pants when he reached the 50/50 membership — is from Topps’ “Dynasty Black” line and has a PSA Mint 9 Auto 9 grade.
The uncommon memorabilia was made out there by Heritage Auctions … and as soon as bidding closed on Saturday, the ultimate price ticket was revealed.
The 2024 card options the MLB patch from Ohanti’s trousers … and is signed by the 30-year-old Japanese famous person with a gold Sharpie.
“Shohei Ohtani is the most important star within the sport, an icon within the United States and in Japan, and what he did final 12 months was beforehand considered inconceivable,” Chris Ivy, the Director of Sports Auctions at Heritage Auctions, tells TMZ Sports.
“Keep in thoughts, solely 47 gamers have had 30 homers and 30 steals in a season, and if you go to 40 and 40, that quantity shrinks to 6. But 50/50 is a one-man membership — he’s it. It’s becoming {that a} group of 1 is commemorated on a 1-of-1 card, and that is that card.”
It’s no shock that Ohtani’s memorabilia sells for staggering quantities when he is thought of one of many biggest MLB gamers of all time.
For instance, his 50/50 ball bought at public sale for $4.3 million!!
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And If you assume you will have higher luck grabbing some retail merch, assume once more. His Murakami Fanatics collab merch bought out in minutes when the Dodgers had been in Japan for the Tokyo Series to start out the season earlier this month.
Congrats to the brand new card proprietor!!