A 1-of-1 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman Autographs card featuring Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant sold for $12.932 million, establishing a new sports-card price record. The sale surpassed the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card, which sold for $12.6 million in 2022. Heritage Auctions handled the sale and did not disclose the buyer. The Jordan/Bryant card ranks as the second-most expensive sports collectible behind Babe Ruth's 1932 World Series jersey. The Exquisite line pioneered premium patches, signatures and Logomen features, and its rarity and unique Jordan-Kobe autographs drove the high price despite a relatively low grade of 6 from a card grader.
A signed sports collectible card featuring Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant sold for $12.932 million on Saturday night, breaking the record for the most ever paid for a sports card. The 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman Autographs Jordan & Bryant card, numbered 1-of-1, surpassed the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card, which sold for $12.6 million in late August 2022. The Jordan/Bryant card was sold with Heritage Auctions; the buyer's identity was not revealed.
Chris Ivy, Heritage's director of sports auctions, said he remembers when Upper Deck first released Exquisite, charging $500 for one five-card pack/box for the 2003-04 release. That was the set responsible for a $5.2 million LeBron James rookie card, which previously held the record for most expensive basketball card until Saturday. "[They were] kind of mocked, but it tapped into a demographic that wasn't interested in gimmicks: They just wanted the best of the best," Ivy says. "They were adding patches and signatures, Logomen -- this was [one of] the first times logos from the jersey were used in this manner."
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