“I taught him that,” told Olivia Dunne in an Instagram story on the first week of March. Confused? There was a video of Paul Skenes throwing the cutter to a Baltimore Orioles in a spring training game. The cutter is the latest addition to the MLB athlete arsenal and is one of the most  talked about and devastating pitches. This might have been a joke by Livvy, but the gymnast with nearly $4.2 million worth of NIL must have taught something to her boyfriend because his card went out for a million dollars. You might be shocked by the price, and so are we. And the Pirates Pitchers’ girlfriend has a message!

Topps made a post on Instagram that reported the sale! “𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: The Paul Skenes 1/1 Rookie Debut Patch Autograph card has sold at auction for $1,110,000.” It was captioned, adding the post to her story, Olivia Dunne wrote, “WHAT A STEAL!” The gymnast surely believes her boyfriend’s card is worth way more than a million dollars. She even commented on the post, “A house❌ Paul card✅.” An auction was in process that ended on March 21, 2025, where 64 bids were placed for the baseballer’s 1-of-1 MLB rookie debut patch card, and it was sold for such a huge amount. Also, we can’t agree more with Livvy’s comment. After all, $1,110,000 could have easily bought more than one house given the fact the median price of a house in the USA costs nearly $440,000.

The card features a picture of the pitcher from his MLB debut, wearing a patch, and has his autograph on top of it. The post caption further read, “Of all active MLB players, only Mike Trout has ever had a card sell for more.” According to Topps, only five baseball cards have sold for more. A Mickey Mantle 1952 Topps card was sold for $12.6 million in 2022. Only Angels outfielder Mike Trout has a card worth more than Skenes’ debut card when you talk of active players, a one-of-one Trout rookie card sold for $3.9 million in 2020. The Pittsburgh Pirates did try to get the Skenes card first, though.

The family that found it in the card box of the 2024 Topps Chrome Update they purchased for Christmas was offered a bounty by the pirates. Two Pirates season tickets behind home plate for the next 30 years, a softball game for 30 at PNC Park with coaching from Pirates alumni, a meet-and-greet with Skenes, and two Skenes autographed jerseys alongside a few other things are what the Pirates had to offer.

Even Dunne had an offer for the fan, a seat in her suite for a Pirates game this season for the person who found the card if they took the team’s deal. But even after all this, the family decided to wait on it, and look how well that paid. And it did pay well!

Coming back to the couple, this was just another proof that they supports each other like anything!

Olivia Dunne and Paul Skenes have each other’s back

The relationship between the pitcher and the star gymnast was confirmed back in the summer of 2023, and ever since, you can always find instances of the power couple supporting each other through thick or thin. To start with, earlier this year, in January 2025, Skenes attended LSU’s gymnastics season opener to support Dunne. She delivered impressive performances, scoring 9.825 on the balance beam and 9.875 on the floor routine, contributing to her team’s victory over Iowa State.

Dunne didn’t back out from supporting her boyfriend that very same month!  Skenes had to attend the BBWAA Awards Dinner in New York City, where he received the National League Rookie of the Year Award. Olivia Dunne went to her boyfriend’s MLB debut, and the couple also held hands at the MLB All-Star Game red carpet. The gymnast even cried over Skenes’ MLB debut and said, “So proud of him, and I know how hard he worked for that very moment and the work that he puts in every day.”

Thus, it looks like the couple leaves not a single chance to show their love and support for each other!