An autographed Shohei Ohtani card sold at auction this weekend for nearly half a million dollars.
The 2013 item featured an image of Ohtani during his time on the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters as well as his signature, and its $430,050 price tag officially set the record for any pre-MLB Ohtani card.
The PSA 10-graded piece garnered 59 total bids on the Goldin block, and the final gavel formally came down on Saturday morning.
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The card is considered one of Ohtani’s rarest. It shows him mid-pitch in his Ham Fighters jersey, with his bold autograph on the bottom. A certificate of authenticity was printed on the back.
Only 10 copies of the card were ever created.
Another Ohtani card also went for a small fortune on the Goldin block on Saturday — with a 2025 Topps piece netting $104,920.
The “Game For the Ages” memento was a 1-of-1 homage to the Dodgers star’s three-home run, 10-strikeout NLCS performance against the Brewers.
Ohtani memorabilia often fetches serious coin at auction — and Saturday’s results made it even more clear that the desire for pieces affiliated with Los Angeles’ two-way star isn’t slowing down anytime soon.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
