LeBron James was just as shocked to find out one of his rookie cards sold for a record-setting $1.8 million over the weekend.
A 2003-04 LeBron James Upper Deck rookie Patch Parallel was sold for $1.845 million at Goldin Auctions to Lob.com CEO Leore Avidar.
As noted by ESPN.com, it’s a record-setting price for a modern day card.
“If we were talking about a T206 [Honus] Wagner, or a 1952 [Mickey] Mantle, it probably wouldn’t be that much news,” Ken Goldin, the founder of Goldin Auctions, told ESPN. “But when you’re talking about a card that was literally produced 17 years ago and is for a guy still playing in the NBA, it’s just shocking news to a lot of people. It’s really where my particular industry has been going for several years.”
LeBron James came across the news on Instagram and the Los Angeles Lakers star alluded to having a couple of million dollars in cards himself.
“Guess who else has a couple of those exact ones too,” he wrote.
