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Auction
Hunt says Jordan's 1998 Finals Game 2 jersey sold for $14 million
Hunt calls the signed red road jersey a record for any piece of basketball memorabilia.

Sold for $14,000,000 USD
Michael Jordan 1998 NBA Finals Game 2 game-worn road jersey
on Hunt Auctions (private sale
Auction
A PSA 10 LeBron orange Chrome auto sells for nearly $150,000
Topps made 25 orange copies of the autograph and 5 red ones.

Sold for $148,840 USD
2025-26 Topps Chrome #TCA-LBJ LeBron James Orange Refractor autoPSA 10
on Goldin ·
Auction
A PSA 9 Star Gatorade Jordan sells for nearly $117,000
The Gatorade Slam Dunk set first went to fans at the 1985 NBA All-Star Weekend banquet.

Sold for $116,815 USD
1985 Star Gatorade #7 Michael JordanPSA 9
on Goldin ·
Auction
Four Steph Curry Minions cards are up for bid at Goldin
The red parallel, numbered 5/5 and graded PSA 8, shares the sale with three PSA 9s of the base card.

Bid at $14,000 USD
Stephen Curry MinionFractor Red Refractor #3 5/5PSA 8
on Goldin ·
Auction
The Flagg 1/1 goes to auction after all
Twelve hours after saying he would keep it, the owner consigned the PSA 10 to Fanatics Collect.

Flagg, Harper, Knueppel Debut RPAs
Distribution
Digital pack rips threaten Chrome Black sealed's premium
Instant Packs open Chrome Black Basketball in the Fanatics Collect app, where every card pulled is real.

Chrome Black Basketball sealed boxes and singles.
First look
Sapphire boxes carry a premium until the Flagg 1/1 is pulled
Chrome Update Basketball Sapphire holds the Flagg 1/1 auto, an hour after a Durant color-match reveal.

Flagg Chrome Update Sapphire rookies
Release
Donruss WNBA Rated Rookies are the cards to watch
Sales for the release opened August 26, a day after the league's biggest audience since 1997.

2026 Donruss WNBA Rated Rookies and autos.
Redemption
Topps says the Anunoby Finals 1/1 still hasn't been redeemed
Its second tease in two days still leaves the Finals 1/1 Anunoby auto unclaimed.

Anunoby autos
Milestone
WNBA card demand isn't topping out at a 29-year viewership high
Clark scored 37 as 3.31 million tuned in, the WNBA's biggest regular-season audience since 1997.

Clark 2024 rookies
Milestone
Bueckers' thin-printed cards move on her first playoff run
Dallas clinched the WNBA's last playoff spot, sending Bueckers to her first postseason.

Bueckers 2025 rookies and autos.
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