Basketball card signed by the legends of the NBA Jordan and Kobe Bryant recover £ 9.56 million ($ 12.9 million) at auction

An anonymous bidder paid a record of £ 9.56 million ($ 12.9 million) in an auction for a basketball card signed by Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, making it the most expensive sports collection card in history.

The paper is known as the exquisite collection of the 2007-08 Dual Logoman Autographs Jordan & Bryant Card high school and was sold by assets of heritage in the United States.

He had been in the hands of his previous owner for more than a decade and had gone to auctions with an evaluation waiting for £ 4.4 million ($ 6 million) or higher. In total 82 offers were received since the estimate was more than doubled.

The winning offer beaten the Topps Mickey Mantle Topps card from 1952, which was sold for $ 12.6 million in August 2022, although the exchange rate at the time meant that this was equivalent to £ 10.8 million.

The Jordan-Bryant card is the second most expensive sports collection ever, behind the world series of the baseball legend of the light baseb

The director of the sports auctions of Heritage Chris Ivy told Espn that the Jordan-Bryant paper was “the peak” for the collectors of modern cards.

He added that “another cannot be created” and has always been examined by modern basketball collectors such as a “Holy Grail”.

“The pre-action estimate was $ 6 million.

Jordan is widely considered the greatest player in the history of the NBA which won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls between 1991 and 1998.