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As we all know, Shohei Ohtani is a record-breaking machine. And not just on the field.
In fact,a unique Topps Chrome MVP Award Gold MLB Logoman 2025 card was auctioned by Fanatics Collect and sold for exactly $3 million after 69 bids. The auction closed at 10 p.m. Friday night (Quebec time). This is a record for the most expensive Nippon card ever sold at auction.
The Shohei Ohtani autographed 1/1 Gold Logoman has sold.
The price? $3 million
It breaks the record for the most expensive “ultra-modern” baseball card ever.
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The previous record was set earlier this year for another autographed card with a patch of the MLB logo that Ohtani wore on his pants when he hit home runs number 49, 50, and 51 of his 2024 season against the Miami Marlins.
That's when he became the first player in history to hit 50 long balls and steal 50 bases in a single season. It was one of the greatest offensive performances in Major League Baseball history.
This card sold for $1,067,000 via Heritage Auctions.
Coincidentally, the 2025 Topps card also includes a patch from a game against Miami, when the Japanese player got a walk, stole a base, and scored two runs in a game won by the Los Angeles Dodgers 15-2 on April 29. Ohtani had hit an early home run on Sandy Alcantara's first pitch of the game.
It now remains to be seen which card the star batter and pitcher will break.
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