A signed sports card featuring the photos of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant.
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A basketball card featuring Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant sold for $12.932 million (AU$19.932 million) last weekend, making it the most expensive ever sports card, according to the auction house which handled its sale.

The 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman, which was sold in Dallas, Texas through Heritage Auctions, features images of the two stars, as well as their signatures and NBA logo patches from their jerseys. The buyer’s identity was not revealed.

“The demand for this card is astronomical, which makes sense, because it has everything, including photos, jersey patches and signatures from two of the greatest players who ever stepped on the court,” Chris Ivy, Heritage’s Director of Sports Auctions, said in a statement in July.

A signed sports card featuring the photos of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant.
The signed card is the most expensive sports card in history, but not the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia.(AP)

Before Saturday, the most expensive basketball card ever bought was Steph Curry’s Logoman from his rookie season in 2009-10, which sold for $5.9 million in 2021.

Cards featuring a league’s logo are among the most sought-after by collectors. As well Jordan, Bryant and Curry, record prices for cards featuring the likes of Shohei Ohtani, Patrick Mahomes and Luka Dončić have all included the mark of the league each belongs to, according to Heritage.

The Jordan/Bryant card is, however, not the most expensive item of sports memorabilia ever sold.

That honor belongs to the jersey Babe Ruth was wearing when he supposedly called his shot during the 1932 World Series against the Chicago Cubs, which sold for $24.12 million in August 2024.

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