Overview
- The Fanatics Collect Premier auction closed on May 22 with three headline transactions that together topped $3 million, led by a 1/1 Josh Allen Gold NFL Shield patch autograph at $1.35 million.
- The Allen card was a redemption pulled from a 2025 Topps Chrome box by Arizona grandmother Robbin Stowers and features a game-worn gold NFL shield patch from Allen’s MVP season; Stowers told reporters she will divide the proceeds among her three grandsons.
- LeBron James’ 2025 Topps Chrome Superfractor 1/1 autograph sold for $1.26 million after heavy bidding, marking the largest single sale in Fanatics Collect’s history and adding to James’s tally of million-dollar card sales.
- A 1979 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky autographed rookie card graded PSA 9 with a 10 signature grade fetched $540,000, which Fanatics described as the highest price for an autographed hockey card to date.
- The results underscore how extreme scarcity, PSA/BGS grading, documented provenance and platform marketing drive headline prices and reset market benchmarks for both modern releases and vintage cards.