Cooper Flagg NBA Rookie Debut Patch Card Sells for $8M in Historic Auction

Cooper Flagg NBA Rookie Debut Patch Card Sells for $8M in Historic Auction

Dallas Mavericks superstar Cooper Flagg's one-of-one Topps Chrome Update rookie debut patch autograph card has sold for more than $8 million after 83 bids in a Fanatics Collect auction that closed early Friday morning.

The sale smashed the record for the sale of any Flagg card by more than $7 million, and it marked the third-most expensive NBA card sale in history.

The record price for an NBA card is $12,932,000 for a 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman signed by Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. The second-most expensive NBA card ever sold is a one-of-one Michael Jordan and LeBron James 2006-07 Upper Deck Exquisite dual NBA Logoman patch autograph.

According to The Athletic, Friday's sale makes Flagg's card the fifth-most expensive sale of any trading card in history, topping a $7.25 million sale of the famed Honus Wagner 1909 Sweet Caporal T206 in 2022.

Flagg signed the card during this year's Fanatics Fest in July. The card then went out into the world for one lucky fan to find in a pack.

That fan was Jason Williams of South Carolina, per ESPN.

Williams "acquired the card after spending $51...