Rare Jay-Z Trading Card Broke Auction Records
Rare Jay-Z Trading Card Broke Auction Records. In the past few months, the world of collectibles–digital and otherwise–has experienced an influx of newcomers. Non-fungible tokens are slowly becoming a household name, and collectors are looking to make bank off their prized possessions. On Tuesday, a rare JAY-Z artefact broke an auction record. A trading card, produced by Topps and the National Basketball Association, has now sold for over $100,000 at the Goldin Auctions’ monthly card sale.
According to Okay Player, the starting bid for the card was just $500. A whopping 49 bids later, however, and the price had jumped to a staggering $105,780. The sale price is an all-time record for any non-sports or non-trading-card-game card at auction. The card features an image of JAY-Z in the Kingdom Come-American Gangster era, as well as an authentic signature. The card was produced as a part of Topps’ “Signs of Stardom” series.
The Topps Company, Inc. is an American company that manufactures chewing gum, candy, and collectibles. Based in New York City, Topps is best known as a leading producer of American football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, soccer, and other sports and non-sports themed trading cards. It is currently the only baseball card manufacturer with a contract with Major League Baseball. Topps also produces cards under the brand names Allen & Ginter and Bowman.
Goldin Auctions, the leading marketplace for collectibles and trading cards. Goldin Auctions stands proud as a leader in the sports collectibles industry, and our memorabilia auctions are followed by collectors from all over the world. We offer online sports auctions, with options to bid on your favourite items, as well as colourful, printed auction catalogs.
Shawn Corey Carter known professionally as Jay-Z is an American rapper, songwriter, record executive, businessman, and record producer. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop artists in history, and often cited as one of the greatest rappers of all time. Recently, Jay-Z sold half of his champagne brand Armand de Brignac to LVMH for an estimated $300 million. Additionally, he’s sold his controlling stake in the Tidal streaming platform to Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey for nearly $300 million. The recent business moves have grown his net worth 40 percent, according to Forbes.
