Wait… Tom Brady Record-Breaking Rookie Card Sold For How Much?!
The card sold for $2.25 million, $1 million more than the previous record
Tom Brady breaks records on the field, Tom Brady breaks records off the field.
Brady, the six-time Super Bowl champion quarterback, now represents the record high for any football card ever on the sporting card market. Brady’s rookie card sold for $2.25 million Friday, almost $1 million more than the previous record of $1.32 million, which, of course, belonged to Brady, as well.
The card, recognized as a 2000 Playoff Contenders Championship Rookie Ticket card, is autographed and numbered 99 out of 100 signifying only 100 copies of the particular card were made and produced.
The card that sold Friday, as explained by ESPN, was graded as an 8.5 with a 9 on the autograph. The version that sold in March for $1.32 million was graded as an 8 with the autograph graded a 10.
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Brady’s rookie card first broke the record in March as he beat out a Patrick Mahomes card that sold for $861,000 in the beginning of February.
The exponential rise in prices signifies the boom the sports collectibles industry has experienced over the past year, in both physical and digital art.
