A staggering $3 million! Shohei Ohtani's Topps Gold Label autograph card sets a new auction record

With every advancing season, the two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani keeps breaking limits in novel and impressive fashions—his collectible card market is no exception: his Topps Chrome Gold Logoman Autograph Card fetched $3 million with buyer’s fees at today’s auction, completely resetting the top price for Ohtani cards.

Like the player himself featured on the card, this Gold Label autograph card is a unique “one-of-one.” Alongside the Dodgers superstar’s signature is a gold emblem jersey patch—taken from the jersey Ohtani wore to commemorate his 2024 National League MVP honor. This special emblem was jointly released this season by Topps and MLB to honor major award winners in the league.

Ohtani wore this patch during the Dodgers’ April 29, 2025 game against the Marlins, where they won 15-2. He hit his seventh home run of the season in that game, off Miami ace starter Sandy Alcantara. This homer was also his first since returning from paternity leave after welcoming his first child.

This Gold Label card was recently pulled by Pete Anderson from Minneapolis and his 11-year-old twin sons, Colton and Henry, during a box break event. They had purchased rights to all Dodgers cards from a specified number of 2025 Topps Chrome packs. When the Ohtani Gold Label redemption card appeared, the family celebrated—and then decided to auction it through the Fanatics Collect platform.

“They’re a passionate collecting family, but this sum meant a lot to them, so they almost immediately chose to sell,” Fanatics Collect Vice President Kevin Lenane told MLB Network recently. “They loved the card, but for them, the value was in the experience rather than the card itself. Of course, the amount involved is truly significant.”

The bidding heated up almost instantly, surpassing $1 million in less than 24 hours. Ultimately, this Gold Label card set a new benchmark for Ohtani cards, breaking the previous record held by his 2024 Topps Black Label autograph card—which featured a jersey patch from the pants he wore the night he hit his 50th home run and achieved the pioneering “50 HR/50 SB” milestone in 2024.

Additionally, this Gold Label card became the highest-priced player card in Dodgers history, surpassing last year’s $1.1 million record set by Paul Skenes’ one-of-one rookie debut jersey patch autograph card on the Fanatics platform. In fact, it marks the highest auction price for a modern star card since Ohtani’s former teammate Mike Trout’s 2009 Bowman Chrome rookie super refractor autograph card sold for $3.93 million in 2020.

Despite the staggering value, Ohtani still hasn’t surpassed the legendary player he’s often compared to. The most expensive baseball card so far in 2025 is Babe Ruth’s 1914 “Baltimore News” rookie card, which sold for $4.03 million this past October.

Interestingly, Ohtani isn’t the only Dodgers star recently stirring up excitement in the card world—Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns recently pulled a one-of-one World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto autograph card, which later sold for $72,000. However, Ohtani’s collectibles clearly belong to a different league, as his top-tier cards repeatedly break seven-figure price marks.

The buyer of this Gold Label card has not been disclosed yet, while the Anderson family shared their plans with The Athletic. Although father Pete and his sons Colton and Henry want to reinvest their unexpected windfall into more pack “breaks” — as Pete put it, “ride the wave!” — the kids have wisely decided to reserve some funds for future college tuition.