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Dan HajduckyESPN
CloseHajducky is a reporter/researcher for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities.
A Kobe Bryant card was sold privately last week for $2 million, PWCC Marketplace announced Tuesday, the highest a Bryant card has ever brought.
The sale is notable in that the card — a 1997-98 Metal Universe Precious Metal Gems Emerald — is not a rookie card, nor does it boast an autograph or game-used memorabilia swatch.
The Bryant card becomes the latest in basketball to break the $2 million threshold, joining multiple LeBron James RPAs (rookie patch autograph), a Luka Doncic Logoman auto and a Michael Jordan All Star Game-used jersey auto card. James holds the record, with his 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection RPA parallel card selling for $5.2 million in April 2021.
Though the Bryant card is 004/100, only cards 1-10 are of the emerald-hued variety…
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