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Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) reacts after a play against the Miami Heat during the first half of game four of the second round of the 2020 NBA Playoffs at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
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Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) reacts after a play against the Miami Heat during the first half of game four of the second round of the 2020 NBA Playoffs at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
The Milwaukee Bucks‘ most treasured player is the talk of the town these days. Firstly, he was declared DPOY and has now also been awarded the regular-season MVP award. Although, it looks like his luck and demand won’t be running out anytime soon.
Giannis Antetokounmpo’s very rare and desired autographed rookie card was sold at a record-breaking $1.812 million at an auction on Sunday night.
Giannis Antetokounmpo does it again!
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According to Darren Rovell from The Action Network, In 2014, a card collector had posted that he had returned the same 1/1 card to his eBay seller, all because it had a yellow stain on it. At that time, he had bought it for $7000 and now it has been sold for more than $1.8 million.
In 2014, a card collector posted to @blowoutcards forum that he returned the 1/1 Giannis card back to its eBay seller after buying it for $7,000 because it had a yellow stain on it.
That’s the card that sold for $1.812 million tonight!
(H/T @Ericc5Bears) pic.twitter.com/wBrAK9qkGF
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) September 21, 2020
He posted on twitter, “BREAKING: The Giannis Logoman card was purchased for a modern-day basketball record of $1.812 million by @onlyaltofficial, which also bought the previous record holder, the $1.8M LeBron card, six weeks ago.”
BREAKING: The Giannis Logoman card was purchased for a modern day basketball record of $1.812 million by @onlyaltofficial, which also bought the previous record holder, the $1.8M LeBron card, six weeks ago. pic.twitter.com/gXnut9OOFg
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) September 21, 2020
This card belonged to the 2013-2014 National Treasures set before being put up for auction on the Goldin Auctions website. The card was graded as 9 and the autograph was graded as 10.
It is priceless because that patch is the NBA Logo from Giannis’ Jersey at the time of his rookie season. The card was speculated to hit the $2 Million mark at this auction but seems like it missed it by a decent margin.
The MVP has landed on top of LeBron James
What’s more intriguing about this fact is that this card was sold for more than LeBron James‘. While James’ Upper Deck Exquisite rookie auto patch card was graded a 9.5 and the autograph was given a 10, it still was purchased at $1.8million. He missed Giannis’ mark even though he is a more established player than him.
This LeBron James card just sold at @GoldinAuctions for $1.8 million, the record for a modern day card.
Winner is @LeoreAvidar, who says purchase is part of strategy to “bring something big to the collectibles and alternative asset business in the coming months.” pic.twitter.com/rN9lepvVpE
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) July 19, 2020
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However, his accomplishments are no less. He has won the MVP award for two consecutive years and is also a four-time NBA All-Star.
The Milwaukee Bucks may not have had a great season but we can’t say the same for Giannis. There are many doubts about whether he will stay within the Bucks when he enters free agency. Nevertheless, he has proven himself time and again and might be the face of the NBA one day.
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