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Shohei Ohtani, Michael Jordan net big sales in Goldin 100 Auction
Goldin’s Summer 100 Auction featured some of the most rare and coveted sports collectibles on the market, led by cards of the two hottest athletes in the hobby.
Led by MLB superstar Shohei Ohtani, four items topped $1 million, including a record-setting Ohtani rookie card.
Ohtani’s 2018 Red Refractor Rookie Auto #2/5 with a BGS 9.5/True Gem+ grade and Pop 2 rating sold for $2.4 million, the all-time highest public sale for any Ohtani Bowman Chrome card.
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Two other Ohtani cards also sold for big dollars, with a #1/1 2025 Topps Chrome SuperFractor #1 (PSA 10) selling for $701,500 and a 2018 Topps Allen & Ginter World Talent #WT-24 Kanji-signed Rookie (PSA 8, PSA/DNA 10 Auto) going for $226,920, a record for a modern-day Allen and Ginter card.
Hobby legend Michael Jordan also starred in the Goldin 100 auction with a 2003-04 Michael Jordan Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Auto Game-Used Patch card selling for a record $1.46 million and a 1998-99 Upper Deck Jordan Game Jersey Autographs #MJx-GJ signed game-worn relic card (#12/23, PSA 9, Pop 3, going for a record $549,000.
Jordan also had four other notable sales: a fresh-to-the-hobby signed and inscribed rookie Type I Photo from Jordan’s first Nike Air Jordan ad Campaign (Nov. 1984) for $528,937, a record for any Jordan photo; Jordan’s first magazine cover—Dec. 10, 1984 Sports Illustrated “A Star is Born”—for $378,200, a record for the highest public for any magazine; a 1996-97 Flair Showcase Legacy Collection Row (PSA 10, Pop 5) for a record $427,000; and a 1985 Nike Promo signed, inscribed "#23" Rookie card (PSA 6, Auto 8 for $356,286.
Other record sales included:
• Kevin Garnett 2008 NBA Finals Game 6 championship-clinching, game-used, photo-matched Boston Celtics home jersey for $701,500.
• 1958 Pele Editora Aquarela Ltda. Brasil Campeao Mundial De Futebol #10 Perforated-Black Rookie Card (PSA 8) for $671,000.
• 2025 Jaxson Dart #1/1 Topps Chrome Rookie PREM1ERE Rookie Patch Auto unused Redemption card for $500,200.
• 2025 Topps Chrome F1 Red Refractor #8 Kimi Antonelli Rookie (#2/5, PSA 10, Pop 2) for $360,510.
• 2025 John Cena Topps Royalty WWE WrestleMania 41 Patch Auto #WPA-JCE (PSA 8) from Cena's final WrestleMania for $329,400.
