Yankees Legend Derek Jeter Sold His NFTs for a Massive Price of $800,000 Just a Day Before Getting Inducted Into Cooperstown

The fourteen times All-star player Derek Jeter was already a legend before he got inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. After that, he became an even bigger legend. But something else also happened a day before the shortstop got into Cooperstown. Not as good as compared to getting into HOF, but better than most things.

The legend dipped his hands in a new territory, a pretty exclusive one. Just a day before the induction ceremony on September 8, 2021, Jeter released NFTs on the DraftKings marketplace, and he did it in collaboration with the NFT platform, Autograph. All the digital collectibles put on sale were wiped out as soon as they got released.

How many collectibles did Derek Jeter sell?

With the entry-level $12 NFT close to $200, Jeter could sell 10,000 collectibles, all in one day. The first batch of collectibles got sold for a whopping price of $800,000.

The next batch of more exclusive and signed (digitally) were already ready to sell in the next week after September 7. The long-awaited Hall of Fame celebration must have become even more special for the Yankees great after all the collectibles vanished on the same day they went on sale.

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Not only the Yankees legend released his NFTs, but he also became a member of the advisory board of the NFT platform, Autograph. A few people on the advisory board other than Jeter are Tom Brady, Simone Biles, Wayne Gretzky, and many others. The NFL star is also one of the co-founders of Autograph.

Why did Jeter have to wait for his induction ceremony?

Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter got eligible for getting into baseball’s Hall of Fame class of 2020. He got selected in the same year as well.

But the year 2020 had put a stop to everything going on in the world. Because of the pandemic, Jeter’s induction ceremony was also delayed. Therefore, the ceremony got delayed by more than a year. 

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Even on September 8, 2021, the ceremony was not as big as it should have been. But earlier this month, Jeter got celebrated by the Yankees, and his daughters were also present there with him.