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USA Today
10-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Ilia Topuria's one-of-one UFC rookie card sets all-time high sale
A post shared by Goldin (@goldinco) Ilia Topuria's impact is being felt in the world of collectibles. Topuria (17-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC), who won a UFC title in a second division by knocking out Charles Oliveira at UFC 317, has seen his star power steadily rise to new heights. Arguably, he's the biggest star in the UFC today, which means his hype in the trading card world is on fire. As Topuria continues to forge an undeniable path as a superstar in the UFC, his trading cards are becoming the hottest thing going. The most significant UFC card sales pale in comparison to those of baseball, basketball or football, but Topuria's name is helping to raise the value of MMA cards. Not only does Topuria have an undefeated record and titles in two UFC divisions, but he also now has the highest UFC trading card sale on record at six figures. Wednesday, Goldin Auctions, a high-end collectible marketplace, announced that a private sale has been completed for Ilia Topuria's one-of-one Black Prizm rookie card from the 2022 Panini Prizm UFC set. The card was graded a mint 9 by PSA, the world's leading trading card grading company. Goldin consigned the sale. The total? A smooth $101,000. The previous high was a Khabib Nurmagomedov one-of-one from the 2014 Topps UFC Knockout Autographs set, which sold for $79,200 in May 2022, according to cllct.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Caitlin Clark rookie cards likely to break women's sports card record sale go to auction
Potentially the most expensive Caitlin Clark cards to date will soon hit the auction block. On Thursday night, her 2024 Panini WNBA Rookie Royalty Flawless patch autographed one-of-one rookie card will be up for sale through Fanatics Collect's July Premier auction. And on Friday, Clark's one-of-a-kind Immaculate patch autographed rookie card from the same set will go to auction with Goldin. Both cards are expected to eclipse the March sale of a different one-of-a-kind Clark card, her 2024 Panini Prizm WNBA Signatures Gold Vinyl autograph rookie card, which went for $366,000 through Goldin Auctions. That sale set a record for the most expensive women's sports card ever. A few key elements set the Rookie Royalty one-of-ones apart from the Prizm card, though. The autograph on the Flawless and Immaculate cards are directly on the card — this is far more desirable to collectors than autographed stickers that are placed on cards, which is what the Prizm card has. In addition, the Flawless and Immaculate cards also feature the WNBA 'Logowoman' patch from Indiana Fever jerseys. Even though they're from jerseys that weren't personally worn by Clark, league logo patches command a premium in cards. Clark also inscribed the Flawless card with '769 pts and counting.' This refers to how many points she scored during her 2024 campaign in which she won the WNBA rookie of the year award. The Immaculate card is inscribed with 'ROY 24' to signify Clark's rookie of the year honors. Advertisement Kevin Lenane, Fanatics Collect's vice president of marketplace, said the consignor pulled the Clark card from a 2024 Panini Rookie Royalty box sold privately, rather than an online live box break stream, which is how the Immaculate card was found. 'The story is really about women's cards in the hobby. It's just remarkable, the path of this,' Lenane said. 'It's without a doubt, the No. 1 card she has. Given that this (gold) vinyl sticker Prizm sold for $366,000, I am positive it will sell for more. How much? I don't know. I would think it's pretty hefty. And so it'll just be a big moment for women in the hobby and women's cards featuring women in the hobby. The trajectory of that has really been just buoyed by Caitlin Clark, to be frank.' Lenane said he's pretty conservative when giving estimates to potential consignors of cards, admitting he provided an estimate lower than the eventual $1.1 million price the 11-year-old boy landed for the Paul Skenes MLB Debut Patch autographed one-of-one card from the 2024 Topps Chrome Update set. The fact he's so bullish about this Clark card points to this being the biggest Clark card ever consigned to Fanatics Collect. Goldin Auctions seemingly owned the Clark secondary card auction market, having sold the top 10 most expensive Clark cards on the secondary market, according to Market Movers — an online card sales database. Advertisement The Flawless and Immaculate brands typically stand as two of Panini's top high-end products, meaning the cards from those sets command some of the highest price tags for collectors to buy on the secondary market. Flawless and Immaculate have traditionally been a stand-alone sets, but Panini inserted the brands and other high-end company labels like National Treasures and Noir within the Rookie Royalty boxes. That means there is also a similar one-of-a-kind National Treasures Clark Logowoman autographed card in Rookie Royalty, too. This wasn't the only part of the unusual set up. Panini launched its Dutch auction for the boxes containing two cards starting at $30,000. Most boxes sold for around $4,000, though. Each box includes just two cards and is guaranteed to contain an on-card autograph of either Clark or Angel Reese and a Downtown or Kaboom insert of one of 12 players (including Clark and Reese). Regardless of Panini's methods for the Rookie Royalty boxes, the Clark one-of-a-kind Flawless and Immaculate cards would be two of the most sought after cards in any set in any sport this year. 'From our side, it's just this amazing card,' Lenane said. 'We're auctioning it. I just think it's really interesting and kind of like a moment. In the WNBA, it's just the card everyone's looking for.' Advertisement Clark returned to action Wednesday after missing the previous five games with a groin injury. She scored 10 points during the Fever's loss to the Golden State Valkyries on Wednesday. This was Clark's second extended absence this season after missing another five games in early June with a calf injury. This article originally appeared in The Athletic. Indiana Fever, WNBA, Sports Business, Memorabilia & Collectibles 2025 The Athletic Media Company
New York Times
10-07-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Caitlin Clark rookie card likely to achieve women's sports card record sale goes to auction
Potentially the most expensive Caitlin Clark card will hit the auction block Thursday night as her 2024 Panini WNBA Rookie Royalty Flawless patch autographed one-of-one rookie card will be up for sale through Fanatics Collect's July Premier auction. The auction will end July 24. The auction house's expectation is that the card will eclipse the March sale of a different one-of-a-kind Clark card, her 2024 Panini Prizm WNBA Signatures Gold Vinyl autograph rookie card, which went for $366,000 through Goldin Auctions. That sale set a record for the most expensive women's sports card ever. Advertisement A few key elements set the Rookie Royalty Flawless card apart from the Prizm card, though. The autograph on the Flawless card is directly on the card, which is far more desirable to collectors than autographed stickers that are placed on cards, which is what the Prizm card has. In addition, the Flawless card also features the WNBA 'Logowoman' patch from an Indiana Fever jersey. Even though it's from a jersey that wasn't personally worn by Clark, league logo patches command a premium in cards. Clark also inscribed the Flawless card with '769 pts and counting.' This refers to how many points she scored during her 2024 campaign in which she won the WNBA rookie of the year award. Kevin Lenane, Fanatics Collect's vice president of marketplace, said the consignor pulled the Clark card from a 2024 Panini Rookie Royalty box sold privately, rather than an online live box break stream. 'The story is really about women's cards in the hobby. It's just remarkable, the path of this,' Lenane said. 'It's without a doubt, the No. 1 card she has. Given that this (gold) vinyl sticker Prizm sold for $366,000, I am positive it will sell for more. How much? I don't know. I would think it's pretty hefty. And so it'll just be a big moment for women in the hobby and women's cards featuring women in the hobby. The trajectory of that has really been just buoyed by Caitlin Clark, to be frank.' Lenane said he's pretty conservative when giving estimates to potential consignors of cards, admitting he provided an estimate lower than the eventual $1.1 million price the 11-year-old boy landed for the Paul Skenes MLB Debut Patch autographed one-of-one card from the 2024 Topps Chrome Update set. The fact he's so bullish about this Clark card points to this being the biggest Clark card ever consigned to Fanatics Collect. Goldin Auctions seemingly owned the Clark secondary card auction market, having sold the top 10 most expensive Clark cards on the secondary market, according to Market Movers — an online card sales database. Advertisement The Flawless brand typically stands as one of Panini's top high-end products, meaning the cards from that set command some of the highest price tags for collectors to buy on the secondary market. Flawless has traditionally been a stand-alone set, but Panini inserted the brand and other high-end company labels like Immaculate and National Treasures within the Rookie Royalty boxes. That means there are also similar one-of-a-kind Clark Logowoman autographed cards for each of those brands in Rookie Royalty, too (the Immaculate card, inscribed 'ROY 24,' was pulled shortly after release but has yet to hit the secondary market). This wasn't the only part of the unusual set up. Panini launched its Dutch auction for the boxes containing two cards starting at $30,000. Most boxes sold for around $4,000, though. Each box includes just two cards and is guaranteed to contain an on-card autograph of either Clark or Angel Reese and a Downtown or Kaboom insert of one of 12 players (including Clark and Reese). Regardless of Panini's methods for the Rookie Royalty boxes, the Clark one-of-a-kind Flawless card would be one of the most sought after cards in any set in any sport this year. 'From our side, it's just this amazing card,' Lenane said. 'We're auctioning it. I just think it's really interesting and kind of like a moment. In the WNBA, it's just the card everyone's looking for.' Clark returned to action Wednesday after missing the previous five games with a groin injury. She scored 10 points during the Fever's loss to the Golden State Valkyries on Wednesday. This was Clark's second extended absence this season after missing another five games in early June with a calf injury. The Athletic maintains full editorial independence in all our coverage. When you click or make purchases through our links, we may earn a commission.
Yahoo
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
How friendship and $27 turned into a $274,500 Caitlin Clark rookie card
Friendship and a 'pity' buy for less than the price of a full tank of gas turned into the second most expensive women's sports trading card in the history of the hobby. A Caitlin Clark one-of-a-kind rookie card sold for $274,500 on Saturday night through Goldin Auctions, three months after Phoenix resident Valerie Coleman landed the card for only $27 during a WNBA card box break from streamers 'Mrs. Flip' on Whatnot. Advertisement The card — Clark's 2024 Panini Prizm WNBA Black Finite one-of-one rookie card with a mint 9 grade from PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator) — became the most expensive public sale for a non-autographed Clark card, as well as the second-highest price for any Clark card of any kind. Only the Indiana Fever guard's 2024 Prizm WNBA Signatures Gold Vinyl one-of-one autographed rookie card sold for more at $366,000 on March 29. Coleman hopes Clark will learn about the sale of this card… but only to spread the word about the good Coleman hopes to bring with the lucrative boon. Coleman started collecting cards as a child with her siblings and family members in West Virginia in the 1990s and maintained interest in the hobby simply for her love of sports and collecting. She ventured over to collecting WNBA cards essentially to pick up keepsakes of the players on her fantasy team. Advertisement She discovered 'Mrs. Flip,' a WNBA box breaker stream run by Mandy Stalmack and Matt Oomen of Ludington, Mich. and quickly developed a friendship with the energetic 'Flips.' It was always less about landing lucrative cards for Coleman with 'The Flips,' rather she just wanted to help her new friends who loved cards as much as she did make a living. 'I'm really just committed to going to their show to support them from a financial standpoint,' Coleman said. 'I love what they're doing with their lives (Stalmack and Oomen are openly in recovery from substance abuse) and what they're doing. Whatever came out of the break was always fine with me. The supporting part, that was important.' How Stalmack and Oomen decided to start their WNBA card channel spawned from their own stroke of luck. Advertisement The couple landed a Bo Nix 2024 Panini Gold Standard one-of-one Nike Swoosh jersey patch card in an online box break in September. They took a gamble by holding on to the card rather than cashing in instantly. Their patience paid off with Nix improving during the season, meaning his card values jumped along the way. Two months later, their Nix card sold for $3,800 on eBay while on their way to visit family in Missouri during Thanksgiving. On the same trip, Stalmack said she stumbled across a Whatnot channel selling WNBA cards. 'As soon as I saw them pull the first Caitlin (Clark card) and everybody was going crazy, I said (to Oomen), 'Babe, hear me out,'' Stalmack said. 'And so we took that money from the Bo Nix (card), and we started the Mrs. Flip channel, and so we started that in December.' 'Off one card,' Oomen chimed in, almost still astonished as the origin of the stream. Advertisement 'The Flips' were off and running with their WNBA channel, buying sealed cases of cards leading up to when the 2024 Panini Prizm WNBA blaster boxes (six packs per box, four cards per pack sold in retail stores) went on sale. With no direct allocation of products from any card manufacturers, Oomen said the couple drives across Michigan and neighboring states every day trying to scoop up as many WNBA blaster boxes as possible from retailers. During a random team break (where paying participants are assigned a random WNBA team and get all the cards opened that are associated with it) on the afternoon of March 15, Coleman wanted to close out the slow-moving process of filling all the available spots to allow The Flips to rip open the packs in the boxes. One of the two spots remaining was a 'chaser' team. 'Chaser' teams are a handful of the top teams that buyers would hope to land in a break. If the buyer of the spot lands a 'chaser' team, those handful of buyers will then be put into another random draw for those top teams. 'Nobody wanted to do it (buy the spots),' Oomen said. 'But Val, she's been with us from the beginning. … She pretty much did this out of pity just to help us out.' Coleman won the final 'chaser' slot for $27 and then secured the Fever by another random chance. Advertisement Stalmack sifted through the cards from the Prizm packs with her thumbnails splashed with bright red polish and three jewel stickers on each nail. She was casually speaking to someone messaging her from the live chat during the break as she moved the top card from the pack when the Clark card caught her and Oomen by surprise. 'Oh my God!' Stalmack shouted. Oomen chimed in asking, 'Is that a one of one?' She turned the card over to reveal it was indeed the most sought-after non-autographed card in the set. The Flips lost their minds, screaming 'Holy! and 'Oh my God!' Meanwhile in Phoenix, Coleman said she shrieked so loud that security cameras from her home caught her joy in real time. The $274,500 Clark card came from a box bought at Walmart in Indiana, Oomen said. The retailer originally sold 2024 Prizm WNBA blaster boxes for about $40 each. 'I remember waking up, and I told him (Oomen), 'There's something big in this room.' And we had no clue what we were about to pull,' Stalmack said. Advertisement No one felt comfortable having the Clark card shipped. So Coleman flew to Grand Rapids, Mich., which is about two hours from The Flips' home, not long after hitting the card in the break. Coleman, Stalmack, and Oomen met at the airport to exchange hugs and the card. And as a thank you, Coleman will treat 'The Flips' to a Phoenix vacation in August where the trio will attend a Fever-Phoenix Mercury game. Her good fortune will benefit more than just herself and The Flips, though. Coleman volunteers with animal rescues in Phoenix, and now she hopes her willingness to donate a sizable portion of the profits from the card will spur more support. Three animal rescue centers — Sky Sanctuary Rescue, Handover Rover, Miri's Haven — will hold fundraisers in the hopes to raise $50,000 from the public. Coleman will match all donations to the animal rescue centers up to $50,000 with the goal to raise $100,000. 'That was my first thought when I pulled the card. I was like, 'Oh my gosh, I can help so many people and animals with this,' Coleman said. Advertisement And why does Coleman hope the word spreads to Clark about her aspirations for the money received from the card? Coleman wrote on a pinned post on her Instagram page, 'If Caitlin Clark herself somehow sees this, I'll add $10,000 to the donation. She changed my life, so now let's change some more lives.' The Athletic maintains full editorial independence in all our coverage. When you click or make purchases through our links, we may earn a commission. This article originally appeared in The Athletic. Indiana Fever, WNBA, Memorabilia & Collectibles 2025 The Athletic Media Company
New York Times
17-06-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
How friendship and $27 turned into a $274,500 Caitlin Clark rookie card
Friendship and a 'pity' buy for less than the price of a full tank of gas turned into the second most expensive women's sports trading card in the history of the hobby. A Caitlin Clark one-of-a-kind rookie card sold for $274,500 on Saturday night through Goldin Auctions, three months after Phoenix resident Valerie Coleman landed the card for only $27 during a WNBA card box break from streamers 'Mrs. Flip' on Whatnot. Advertisement The card — Clark's 2024 Panini Prizm WNBA Black Finite one-of-one rookie card with a mint 9 grade from PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator) — became the most expensive public sale for a non-autographed Clark card, as well as the second-highest price for any Clark card of any kind. Only the Indiana Fever guard's 2024 Prizm WNBA Signatures Gold Vinyl one-of-one autographed rookie card sold for more at $366,000 on March 29. Coleman hopes Clark will learn about the sale of this card… but only to spread the word about the good Coleman hopes to bring with the lucrative boon. Final Sale Price on this 2024 Panini Prizm WNBA Black Finite Prizm #145 Caitlin Clark Rookie Card: $274,500 The 2nd Highest All-Time Public Sale of any Caitlin Clark Card. Email Sell@ to consign your Caitlin Collectibles to our next #Goldin100 or one of our upcoming… — Goldin (@GoldinCo) June 15, 2025 Coleman started collecting cards as a child with her siblings and family members in West Virginia in the 1990s and maintained interest in the hobby simply for her love of sports and collecting. She ventured over to collecting WNBA cards essentially to pick up keepsakes of the players on her fantasy team. She discovered 'Mrs. Flip,' a WNBA box breaker stream run by Mandy Stalmack and Matt Oomen of Ludington, Mich. and quickly developed a friendship with the energetic 'Flips.' It was always less about landing lucrative cards for Coleman with 'The Flips,' rather she just wanted to help her new friends who loved cards as much as she did make a living. 'I'm really just committed to going to their show to support them from a financial standpoint,' Coleman said. 'I love what they're doing with their lives (Stalmack and Oomen are openly in recovery from substance abuse) and what they're doing. Whatever came out of the break was always fine with me. The supporting part, that was important.' Advertisement How Stalmack and Oomen decided to start their WNBA card channel spawned from their own stroke of luck. The couple landed a Bo Nix 2024 Panini Gold Standard one-of-one Nike Swoosh jersey patch card in an online box break in September. They took a gamble by holding on to the card rather than cashing in instantly. Their patience paid off with Nix improving during the season, meaning his card values jumped along the way. Two months later, their Nix card sold for $3,800 on eBay while on their way to visit family in Missouri during Thanksgiving. On the same trip, Stalmack said she stumbled across a Whatnot channel selling WNBA cards. 'As soon as I saw them pull the first Caitlin (Clark card) and everybody was going crazy, I said (to Oomen), 'Babe, hear me out,'' Stalmack said. 'And so we took that money from the Bo Nix (card), and we started the Mrs. Flip channel, and so we started that in December.' 'Off one card,' Oomen chimed in, almost still astonished as the origin of the stream. 'The Flips' were off and running with their WNBA channel, buying sealed cases of cards leading up to when the 2024 Panini Prizm WNBA blaster boxes (six packs per box, four cards per pack sold in retail stores) went on sale. With no direct allocation of products from any card manufacturers, Oomen said the couple drives across Michigan and neighboring states every day trying to scoop up as many WNBA blaster boxes as possible from retailers. During a random team break (where paying participants are assigned a random WNBA team and get all the cards opened that are associated with it) on the afternoon of March 15, Coleman wanted to close out the slow-moving process of filling all the available spots to allow The Flips to rip open the packs in the boxes. One of the two spots remaining was a 'chaser' team. 'Chaser' teams are a handful of the top teams that buyers would hope to land in a break. If the buyer of the spot lands a 'chaser' team, those handful of buyers will then be put into another random draw for those top teams. Advertisement 'Nobody wanted to do it (buy the spots),' Oomen said. 'But Val, she's been with us from the beginning. … She pretty much did this out of pity just to help us out.' Coleman won the final 'chaser' slot for $27 and then secured the Fever by another random chance. Stalmack sifted through the cards from the Prizm packs with her thumbnails splashed with bright red polish and three jewel stickers on each nail. She was casually speaking to someone messaging her from the live chat during the break as she moved the top card from the pack when the Clark card caught her and Oomen by surprise. 'Oh my God!' Stalmack shouted. Oomen chimed in asking, 'Is that a one of one?' She turned the card over to reveal it was indeed the most sought-after non-autographed card in the set. The Flips lost their minds, screaming 'Holy! and 'Oh my God!' Meanwhile in Phoenix, Coleman said she shrieked so loud that security cameras from her home caught her joy in real time. The $274,500 Clark card came from a box bought at Walmart in Indiana, Oomen said. The retailer originally sold 2024 Prizm WNBA blaster boxes for about $40 each. 'I remember waking up, and I told him (Oomen), 'There's something big in this room.' And we had no clue what we were about to pull,' Stalmack said. No one felt comfortable having the Clark card shipped. So Coleman flew to Grand Rapids, Mich., which is about two hours from The Flips' home, not long after hitting the card in the break. Coleman, Stalmack, and Oomen met at the airport to exchange hugs and the card. And as a thank you, Coleman will treat 'The Flips' to a Phoenix vacation in August where the trio will attend a Fever-Phoenix Mercury game. Her good fortune will benefit more than just herself and The Flips, though. Coleman volunteers with animal rescues in Phoenix, and now she hopes her willingness to donate a sizable portion of the profits from the card will spur more support. Three animal rescue centers — Sky Sanctuary Rescue, Handover Rover, Miri's Haven — will hold fundraisers in the hopes to raise $50,000 from the public. Coleman will match all donations to the animal rescue centers up to $50,000 with the goal to raise $100,000. Advertisement 'That was my first thought when I pulled the card. I was like, 'Oh my gosh, I can help so many people and animals with this,' Coleman said. And why does Coleman hope the word spreads to Clark about her aspirations for the money received from the card? Coleman wrote on a pinned post on her Instagram page, 'If Caitlin Clark herself somehow sees this, I'll add $10,000 to the donation. She changed my life, so now let's change some more lives.' The Athletic maintains full editorial independence in all our coverage. When you click or make purchases through our links, we may earn a commission.
