Aaron Judge hit it out of the park again.
A one-of-kind baseball card of Judge in his first professional season with the Yankees sold at auction for a staggering $838,750 on Friday.
The 2013 Bowman Aaron Judge Superfractor 1/1 — depicting the eventual Yankees captain just after he was selected by the team in the first round of the 2013 MLB draft — is considered the most important unsigned Judge card to exist.
Its previous owner, a Texan, didn’t realize the card’s value until a dealer came to his house to purchase cards — and was left awestruck by the rare find, explained Chris Ivy of Heritage Auctions.
The dealer, knowing its true value, posed the question, “So if I offered you $25,000 for this card, you would take it?”
He didn’t even let the owner answer before advising him not to accept his lowball offer.
“Don’t, this card is worth a lot more. You should reach out to an auction house,” he said.
“Collectors helping other collectors is the foundation of our hobby and we are thrilled to be a part of it,” said Ivy. “The huge result for the card is a life-changing moment for the consignor and his family and we couldn’t be happier for them.”
In March, the autographed version of the same card sold for $5.2 million, setting the record for the most expensive modern baseball card ever sold.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
