{"id":194179,"date":"2025-12-21T01:29:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T01:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/194179\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T01:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T01:29:15","slug":"kobe-mj-dual-logoman-card-fetches-3-17-million-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/194179\/","title":{"rendered":"Kobe-MJ dual Logoman card fetches $3.17 million at auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hajducky_dan.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dan HajduckyDec 20, 2025, 06:28 PM<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a>Dan Hajducky is a staff writer for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men&#8217;s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities.<\/p>\n<p>A 2003 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection dual Logoman card of Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan, numbered 1-of-1 and graded a 6 by Professional Sports Authenticator, sold via Heritage Auctions for $3,172,000 on Friday, including buyer&#8217;s premium. (All subsequent prices include buyer&#8217;s premium.)<\/p>\n<p>According to Card Ladder, it&#8217;s the seventh-most expensive basketball card sale and the second- and third-most expensive Bryant and Jordan card sales, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>This dual Logoman card, which is from the debut year of the dual Logoman, is not autographed. The 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Bryant\/Jordan dual Logoman, which sold for $12.932 million in August via Heritage Auctions &#8212; the most expensive sports card of all time &#8212; was signed by both Naismith Basketball Hall of Famers.<\/p>\n<p>In the same Heritage auction Friday, two 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle cards topped $850,000: A version graded an 8 by PSA sold for $1,555,550, and a PSA 1.5 but featuring a high-grade Mantle autograph sold for $945,500.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/>A 2003 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection dual Logoman card of Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan sold for $3.17 million on Friday, the seventh most expensive basketball card sale ever.\u00a0Courtesy of Heritage Auctions<\/p>\n<p>A master set of 1962 Topps Baseball, with 691 cards graded by PSA &#8212; including 688 receiving grades of 8 or higher &#8212; sold for $512,400, and a signed 1948 Swell Sports Thrills Jackie Robinson card pulled in $207,400.<\/p>\n<p>Heritage Auctions crossed $2 billion in sales in 2025 before Friday night&#8217;s auction, a record year for the auction house following $1.867 billion in sales in 2024. In August 2024, Heritage brokered the record $24 million Babe Ruth &#8220;called shot&#8221; jersey sale, the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, a slew of other six-figure items are set to close:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A 1986-87 Larry Bird <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/bos\/boston-celtics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Celtics<\/a> jersey, photo-matched to seven playoff games, including four Eastern Conference finals games; as of publication, the Bird jersey sits at $237,900, with the public record paid for a Bird jersey being $360,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/39832\/shohei-ohtani\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shohei Ohtani<\/a> bat from his record-setting 50\/50 2024 season, photo-matched to three home runs, sits at $213,500.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A Mickey Mantle jersey, photo-matched to the 1960 and 1961 World Series, which sold for $360,000 at Heritage in February 2020, sits at $378,200.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dan HajduckyDec 20, 2025, 06:28 PM CloseDan Hajducky is a staff writer for ESPN. 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