Shohei Ohtani 50-50 card sells for US$1.07 million, includes piece of star's trousers
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The one-of-a-kind Topps Dynasty Black card, that features an on-card signature in gold ink by Ohtani and the MLB logo patch from the pants he wore during his record-setting game against the Miami Marlins, was sold by Heritage Auctions on Saturday night for US$1,067,500. The name of the buyer has not been revealed.
That is by far the most money paid in a public auction for an Ohtani card. The previous record was the US$533,140 paid last year for a card from the 2018 Bowman Chrome Rookie Autographs Orange Refractor set. While 25 of those cards exist, that one received a 10 from the Beckett Grading Service.
The record-setting card is one of three different cards from the 50-50 game that Topps used to launch its Dynasty Black series, which features single autographed cards with pieces of game-used memorabilia from specific, historic moments.
One of those Ohtani 50-50 cards – which includes a tag from the batting gloves Ohtani wore while hitting his 50th home run and a laundry tag from the pants he wore during that game – received US$173,240 at auction in February.
The ball Shohei Ohtani hit sold for US$4.392 million. Photo: Kyodo
'Shohei Ohtani is currently the best player in the game, and this one-of-one card is tied to a significant historical moment as the first MLB player to join the 50-50 club in 2024,' Chris Ivy, director of sports auctions at Heritage, said. 'It is also the most desirable of the three one-of-one Dynasty black cards because of the logo patch.'
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