The ultra-rare card snatched the record from Mickey Mantle’s first baseball card, a 1952 Topps number that fetched a cool $12.6 million back in August 2022. With the current frenzy around both Pokémon cards and sports memorabilia, we may see another athlete’s rarity take back the mantle soon enough.

Sarah has been an editor and contributor for GameRant since 2015. She kicked off her video game journey after meeting her first Chocobo, she never looked back. After years of playing them, she decided to major in game design in college and utilizes that ...