THE ATHLETIC: Robert Kraft buys 6-figure Tom Brady card, new Ohtani record sale reached at ‘Holy Grails’ auction
Shohei Ohtani is reaching new heights on the field. He’s also breaking records on the auction block.
On Tuesday night in Harlem, the record sale of an Ohtani baseball card kicked off the “Holy Grails” auction, the first live auction collaboration between Fanatics Collect, the collectibles wing of the global sports giant, and Sotheby’s.
Ohtani’s one-of-a-kind 2018 Topps Chrome Sapphire Autographs Superfractor rookie card sold for $336,000, which surpassed the previous record of $312,000 for an Ohtani trading card set in December 2021. The exact card that sold Tuesday night previously sold in October 2021 for $62,730 and in May 2019 for $4,800. Sotheby’s estimated price range for the card was $80,000 to $120,000. It just came five days after Ohtani became the first player in MLB history with 50 homers and 50 stolen bases in a season…