A 2000 Upper Deck Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan combo autograph card sold for $869,250 to lead Heritage Auctions’ April 3-4 Spring Sports Card Catalog Auction. In total, the auction netted $13,775,001.
The Bryant-Jordan combo card features bold signatures from both the Los Angeles Lakers legend and his idol, both being two of the greatest to ever play the game of basketball. It also features game-worn jersey swatches and is earliest and most important dual-signed basketball cards ever produced.
“This card is one of the most important and desirable early Upper Deck trading cards as the first issue in hobby history to offer dual-swatch auto cards,” says Chris Ivy, Heritage’s Director of Sports Auctions. “Not only is it exceedingly rare, it also is the first card ever dual-signed by Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. It is only fitting that it leads the pack in this auction full of record-setting results.”
The combination of the rarity of the card, along with its historical importance and the pairing of two legends, helped the card achieve the highest result at the auction, more than double anything else. The second biggest was a 1957 Topps Bob Cousy Rookie No. 17 PSA Mint 9, which sold for $353,800, demolishing the previous record for a Cousy card of $60,000.
The combo card with Jordan wasn’t the only Bryant item that netted a hefty price at the auction. A 1998 SkyBox Molten Metal Kobe Bryant Fusion-Titanium brought in $207,400, a record for that specific card. This insert reflects the late-1990s era of innovation in card design and captures the Lakers icon on his rise to superstardom in the NBA.
Other notable items sold at the Heritage Spring auction included a Shohei Ohtani-Aaron Judge MLB Gold Logoman MVP Autograph Relic which featured gold MLB logo patches worn by both and commemorates the first back-to-back MVP seasons in both leagues. That sold for $219,600 while a 1955 Topps Jackie Robinson PSA Mint 9 went for $231,800 which more than doubled the previous record of $93,000.
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And the Lakers coach made it clear that he is focused on finding the right nine guys who are all locked in together and willing to fight for this team in the postseason.
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