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SGA, Joker and Kon set card records in Goldin Elite Auction

Basketball card sales remain hot with NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, three-time MVP Nikola Jokic and rookie Kon Knueppel leading the way.
By SCD Staff
MAR 17, 2026

Thanks to red-hot rookies Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel, the basketball card market has surged throughout the 2025-26 season.

But don’t forget about the reigning NBA MVP.

A 2019-20 Panini Flawless Shai Gilgeous-Alexander #1/1 Logoman Autographs signed patch card sold for $577,306, an all-time high for any SGA card, in the February Elite Auction at Goldin.

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Meanwhile, the rookies also remain hot with a 2025-26 Topps Chrome Kon Knueppel #1/1 Autographs Superfractor signed rookie card sold for $396,500, a record for any Knueppel card.

Three-time MVP Nikola Jokic also got into the action with a 2015-16 Panini Prizm Gold Prizm #335 Rookie card (#1/10) selling $319,640, a record for any Jokic card.

Other record-breaking sales included:

 • A 2024 Bowman Chrome Yoshinobu Yamamoto Image Variation Autographs #1/1 Superfractor signed rookie card for $461,160.  

• 2018 Bowman Chrome Shohei Ohtani Rookie Autographs Blue Refractor signed rookie card (#30/150) for $295,240, a record for a public sale of the card.  

• 2025 Topps Dynasty F1 Kimi Antonelli #1/1 Suit Zipper Jumbo Patch Autograph signed race-used Patch Rookie card for $111,000.

• 2024-25 Panini Prizm Black Prizm #1/1 Stephon Castle Rookie card for $104,920.

• 2012 Panini Prizm Finite Prizm #1/1 Randy Moss card for $56,120.

• 1955 Topps Sandy Koufax Rookie card (PSA 7.5) for $19,221, a record for the grade.  

Shohei Ohtani March 15, 2012 Hochi High School 1st Cover (Japan) for $16,470, a record for any Ohtani graded magazine.

• 1964 Topps Mickey Mantle #50 for $15,561.

• 1948 Bowman George Mikan #69 Rookie card for $14,646.

• 1953 Bowman Color #59 Mickey Mantle for $13.

• 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky #18 signed Rookie card for $12,810.

Other notable sales included:

• 2015-16 Panini Immaculate Collection Nikola Jokic Rookie Logoman #RL-NJ Patch Rookie card (#1/1) for $298,900.

Wilt Chamberlain March 2, 1962 100-point game ticket stub (Philadelphia Warriors vs. New York Knicks) for $35,381.

• 2025 Leaf Kobe Bryant Photographic #1296 signed card for $31,110.

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