What is the rarest sports card of all time?

1. Honus Wagner 1909-11 Baseball Card – $2.8 million. Considered the Holy Grail of sports cards, the Honus Wagner T206 tobacco card is the most valuable ever, selling at $2.8 million. Honus Wagner was a great baseball player and coach, and is viewed by historians as one of the true greats of the sport.
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What are the most valuable sports cards to have?

The 1909 T206 Honus Wagner and the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle cards have long believed to be some of the most expensive sports cards in the world. Because they're hard to find in the best conditions, these will sell for very high amounts.
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What is the most valuable card in the world?

Honus Wagner Card Sells for $6.606 Million, Becomes Most Expensive Trading Card Ever. A T206 Honus Wagner baseball card became the most expensive trading card ever when it sold for $6.606 million on Monday.
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What is the rarest football card ever?

The 1894 Mayo Cut Plug anonymous/John Dunlop card is the rarest football card ever, by general consensus. In fact, the card is often referred to as “the Honus Wagner of football cards.”
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What is the rarest baseball card right now?

1914 Babe Ruth Baltimore News

Less than ten copies of the 1914 Babe Ruth Baltimore News still exist. This makes this card one of the rarest baseball cards in history — in fact, PSA values a low-graded card at $2.5 million.
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What is the rarest basketball card?

George Mikan's 1948 Bowman rookie card tops our list as the “Holy Grail” of all basketball cards. The legendary center was the game's first unstoppable big man and set the bar for other big men like Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell who would soon follow.
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What is the oldest baseball card?

The team's carte de visite (a visiting card), produced in 1865, is considered the earliest extant dated “baseball card,” a souvenir handed out to fans and even to opposing teams.
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What is the rarest football card 2021?

Patrick Mahomes National Treasures Rookie Auto — $4.3 million. This Patrick Mahomes BGS 8.5 National Treasures 1/1 Shield Patch Auto holds the record for the most expensive football card ever sold.
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What is the most wanted football card?

Estimated PSA 9 Value: $750,000

Bronko Nagurski was one of the most feared runners the game has ever seen. One of the NFL's original Hall of Fame inductees in 1963, his 1935 National Chile rookie card is also the most valuable football card in the hobby.
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How much is Tom Brady's rookie card worth?

There are many Brady rookie cards, and the one in question is not even the most coveted — a Beckett-graded Mint 9 “2000 Playoff Contenders Championship” Brady rookie card sold for a then-football card record $3.1 million in June 2021 — but it's among the cards for which collectors will still pay a handsome sum.
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What sports cards are hot right now?

21 Sports Cards and Trading Cards That Helped Shape the Hobby in 2021
  1. 10 comments.
  2. 2020-21 Panini National Treasures LaMelo Ball RC Auto Patch #130 /99. ...
  3. 2020 Topps Chrome Formula 1 Lewis Hamilton #1. ...
  4. 2020 Panini National Treasures Justin Herbert RC Auto Patch #138 /99. ...
  5. 2021 Absolute Kaboom Mac Jones #K44. ...
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How much is a Michael Jordan rookie card worth?

Autographed Michael Jordan Rookie Card Could Fetch up to $3 Million at Christie's. A 1986 Michael Jordan rookie card, signed by the basketball legend, will be offered at a Christie's online-only auction next month with an estimated value between US$2 million and US$3 million.
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How much is a Babe Ruth rookie card worth?

Babe Ruth rookie card sells for record $2.46 million.
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Who owns the Honus Wagner card?

Since then, the card has changed hands a few times but remains known as the "Gretzky Wagner" to this day. The current owner is Ken Kendrick, owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks, who purchased the card privately in 2007 for $2.8 million.
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Are sports cards going up in value?

The pandemic revived sports card market from 2020 sparked a boom that lasted well into 2021. With the rise of apps like Loupe, which are dedicated to live pack and box breaks, collectors have become increasingly comfortable watching these card exhibitions.
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How much are LeBron James rookie cards worth?

Collectors continue to seek out rare and valuable LeBron James cards. Goldin Auctions set a new record price when a 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Rookie Patch Autograph sold for over $2 million dollars.
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What football cards are hot right now?

Below we'll take a look at the ten of the hottest football cards currently on the market.
  1. Justin Herbert 2020 Prizm Colorblast #14 PSA 10 | +$3,500. ...
  2. Tom Brady 2018 Panini Kaboom! ...
  3. Jerry Rice Topps 1986 $161 PSA 9 | +$868. ...
  4. Josh Allen 2018 Contenders Rookie Ticket Autograph #105A BGS 9.5 | +$549.99.
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What football cards are best to collect?

Here are the best packs to buy.
  • 2020 Panini Mosaic Football Card Pack. ...
  • 2020 Panini Prizm Football Card Pack. ...
  • 2017 Panini Prizm Football Card Pack. ...
  • 2017 Panini Donruss Optic Football Cello Fat Packs. ...
  • 2020 Justin Herbert Panini Prizm RC #325. ...
  • 2017 Patrick Mahomes II Panini Contenders Rookie Ticket #303.
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What is the most expensive rookie football card?

An 8.5 BGS graded Patrick Mahomes rookie autograph card was sold in July 2021 in a private auction for $4.3 million. Making it the most expensive NFL rookie card ever. The card is a 2017 National Treasures NFL Shield autographed card. And 1-of-1 available.
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How many Babe Ruth cards are there?

Babe Ruth's 1914 Baltimore News card has long been a coveted item among collectors not only for the point in Ruth's career it represents, but also the sheer rarity of it: Fewer than 10 cards are known to be in existence, with the last one known to be sold having sold for $450,300 at an auction in 2013.
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Why is the Honus Wagner card so rare?

While the vast majority of ATC cards were produced in huge numbers — for example, over 4,200 ATC Cobb cards still exist — only a minuscule fraction of Wagner cards were produced. They are extremely hard to find, especially in good condition, which is why they're so expensive.
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How much is a Shoeless Joe Jackson baseball card worth?

A Shoeless Joe Jackson baseball card from a 1910 series called T210 Old Mill has sold at auction for $492,000.
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Who was on the very first baseball card?

Among the cards in Burdick's research, the earliest he listed were the N167 Old Judge New York Giants, a set of 12 showcasing individual players, with advertising for (surprise!) Old Judge cigarettes on card back.
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Are 90s NBA cards worth anything?

In general, the most valuable collector items are usually rookie cards. Therefore, you'll need to find players that made their DEBUT in the 90s to find the decade's most valuable cards. So although the 90s were dominated by Michael Jordan, he's outranked by the guy who went on to lay siege to the NEXT decade.
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