LeBron James rookie card goes for record $1.8M at auction

[Auggie]

A 2003-04 LeBron James Upper Deck rookie Patch Parallel card sold at auction for $1.845 million on Sunday at Goldin Auctions to Lob.com CEO Leore Avidar.

The price tag on the rare card sets a record for modern-day cards (recognized as cards produced in 1980 or later) and is the most any basketball card has ever sold for.

"If we were talking about a T206 [Honus] Wagner, or a 1952 [Mickey] Mantle, it probably wouldn't be that much news," said Ken Goldin, founder of Goldin Auctions. "But when you're talking about a card that was literally produced 17 years ago and is for a guy still playing in the NBA, it's just shocking news to a lot of people. It's really where my particular industry has been going for several years."

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29495048/lebron-james-rookie-card-goes-record-18m-auction

According to the link, only 23 of these cards were made.

$1,845 million ... imagine the people that could help.

[iemitsu]

1. Impressive but I'd bet that card

never has that value again.

[Mosby]

3. That's probably correct

Because even though the article states there are a specific number of them, that can't be verified. For all we know they have a warehouse full of them.

There is not a single card company that commits to a set circulation. The whole thing is a scam.

[justhanginon]

2. Disgusting!

[JonLP24]

4. I used to be a huge card collector in the 90s

I still have a few cards left. I sold most of them for about $50. The whole collection was probably way more valuable than that. I had some unique cards. Wish I got some LeBron James rookie cards. Hell I should have at least got a Zion Williamson rookie card.

[kelly97]

5. What a bargain

Smart guy - whoever got the card. Where's the other 22?