While Lewis Hamilton may have sold his entire car collection, the same cannot be said for his growing card collection. The seven-time champion revealed his growing love for collectible trading cards ahead of Dior’s men’s show in Paris.
Speaking to Vogue France, the Ferrari driver discussed a number of topics, from his workout routine to fashion. As the driver now assists Ferrari in private testing at Barcelona, he took a moment out of his winter break to talk shop with the fashion outlet.
Last year, Hamilton confirmed that he’d sold his entire car collection. While he keeps an eye on a Ferrari F40 – the one car he would love to own – he turns his hand to card collecting after a childhood of enjoying the same thing.
“I’m card collecting,” he said. “There’s like Pokémon. Star Wars, athlete collectible cards. I used to collect cards when I was a kid, particularly for football magazines where you’d find all the players and swap them at school.
“I have a collection and it’s just growing. I’m buying cards every week.”
Hamilton himself can be found on trading cards, with a recent example from Topps including a real diamond within its design under its Dynasty Diamond Relics run.
Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
Photo by: Ferrari
While a price hasn’t been revealed for the card, it will likely be incredibly expensive, similar to that of another card that was revealed last November by the driver, which encases a piece of material from Hamilton’s Ferrari race suit within the card.
In 2024, a Hamilton card sold for $1million.
“I mean, it’s pretty crazy,” he told The Athletic. “I’ve never thought that would be the case. The story of it, where the kid had bought it through a pack, the difference that purchase would have made to him and his family would have been huge.
“I can only imagine these things are just going to continue to go up now, especially with the store opening. I know there’s another big launch of another league coming up and just the growth of the business. It’s got me really hooked.
“I was opening up those boxes just now, and I was like, I need to get myself some more of these boxes.”
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