What changed hands?
Cooper Flagg NBA Rookie Card. Third-highest NBA card sale ever. One of the five most expensive trading cards of any kind.
From a $515 pull to $8 million
The Cooper Flagg rookie card was originally pulled from a pack that cost approximately $515. Its journey from a retail product to an $8.04 million sale illustrates the extraordinary price trajectory that elite rookie cards can achieve when a player's profile rises. The card's grade and scarcity drove the price to a level few trading cards of any kind have reached.
Third-highest NBA card ever
At $8.04 million including premium, the Flagg card ranks as the third-highest NBA card sale ever recorded and one of the five most expensive trading cards of any kind. The result places it alongside the Pikachu Illustrator and the Honus Wagner T206 in the upper echelon of trading card prices. The card's status as a rookie card — the first card of a player's career — adds to its scarcity and appeal.
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Sale documentation: HobbyCrunch — Cooper Flagg card sale ↗
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