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Lucky Scots collector finds UK's most valuable trading card EVER worth £100,000 – could you have one?
The card is now being held securely at the UK Grading lab
DREAM PULL Lucky Scots collector finds UK's most valuable trading card EVER worth £100,000 – could you have one?
A LUCKY Scots collector has managed to pocket the UK's most valuable trading card ever, with experts estimating it's worth a whopping £100,000.
Ryan Gordon, from Aberdeen, opened up his very first pack of Topps Inception collector's cards only to find a one-of-a-kind autographed rookie card featuring FC Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal.
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The one-of-a-kind Lamine Yamal card is worth an estimated £100,000
Credit: MGC
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Topps Inception is renowned for its limited-edition sports cards
Credit: Topps
This coveted pull is a rookie autograph card which means it's from Yamal's first official year in professional football and bears his genuine signature.
Topps Inception is renowned for its limited-edition sports cards.
The card was submitted to Majesty Grading Company (MGC), a prominent UK-based card grading service, where it achieved a perfect 10 grade.
Upon discovering the "once-in-a-generation card", the firm's director, Jake Kirkham, took a 16-hour round-trip to collect the card.
He told the Collector Club: "When we heard about the 1/1 Lamine Yamal rookie autograph, we knew it was a once-in-a-generation card.
"I personally took a 16-hour round trip train journey to Aberdeen to collect it because at Majesty Grading Company, we don't just grade cards, we go the extra mile for customers!"
Jake added: "It's now officially the most expensive card ever graded by a UK grading company.
"It's a milestone moment for the UK sports card community and proof that collectors no longer need to send their high-end cards abroad for world-class card grading.
"MGC is raising the bar for UK card grading, authentication, and collector trust… We're just getting started."
While the current valuation exceeds £100,000, similar Lamine Yamal cards have already raked in prices of up to $395,000 (just shy of £300,000) in the United States.
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However, despite receiving several sizable offers from private buyers, Ryan has decided to keep hold of the card.
It is now being held securely at MGC's UK Grading lab.
Given Yamal's footie success, which includes the young Spaniard, 17, winning Euro 2024 with Spain and lifting the La Liga title with Barcelona last season, his market value in the card trading sphere is expected to continue soaring.
Reflecting on his life-changing find, Ryan said: 'At the time of pulling the card, I was in complete shock, I wasn't sure if my eyes were playing tricks with me. I also didn't know how big the card was as it was my first ever box I had opened. I can't thank MGC enough for their help, they've been amazing!'
