A limited-edition autographed card commemorating Shohei Ohtani’s historic “50 home runs, 50 stolen bases” moment sold at auction for an all-time record of roughly ¥110 million (about $686,000). On 5ch, users buzzed with speculation about the buyer’s identity, comparisons to the record-breaking ¥2.5 billion Pokémon card sale, and jokes tying it back to Ippei Mizuhara’s gambling debts.
At the same time, plenty of commenters admitted they simply couldn’t wrap their heads around paying that much for “a single piece of paper.”
Shohei Ohtani’s Limited Card Sells for Record ¥110 Million — Signed Card Surpasses LeBron and Curry
Dodgers pitcher/DH Shohei Ohtani has set another record. A signed card commemorating his historic first-ever “50 home runs and 50 stolen bases” achievement — part of the limited-run, made-to-order “Topps NOW” series — has sold for an all-time record price of $686,250 (roughly ¥110 million).
“Topps NOW” is a special card series released for a limited time whenever a real game produces a historic moment, with sales windows typically running 24 to 48 hours.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
Damn, I'm jealous…
"It's the second most popular sport after baseball" — Jockey Christophe Lemaire tells French media about horse racing's popularity in Japan
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/7228b8a5c4d19037698fd9dc032e840ac62af3d0
Not even sure horse racing counts as a sport, but it's by far #1 in revenue.
Right? lol
Seriously, who actually bought this thing?
Maybe ¥5,000 to a die-hard collector (´^ω^｀;)
So he'd make them out of private photos?
He's a unicorn in MLB, plus he's good-looking and popular.
Wait, is that Ohtani himself posting?
Is it because he didn't go on the ground ball?
His baserunning really is bad though.
There's no way you could've run on that.
Japan national soccer team captain Wataru Endo's limited-edition cleats at ¥330,000: zero buyers
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Isn't that a bit much, even so?
Wonder which one ends up worth more.
Most of it's probably just speculation/investment.
and seeing that a Pokémon card went for ¥2.5 billion made this whole thing feel even more absurd.
Rich people's whims are wild.
Pokémon >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ohtani (lol)
They turn literally everything into an investment vehicle and just play around with money.
There's no way a mere card is actually worth that much.
The moment everyone loses interest, it'll be worthless.
That case is an outlier among outliers.
The card itself is extremely rare, sure, but on top of that the owner is a famous influencer in the West who hyped it on his own stream, and his followers ended up bidding against each other — the price just got pumped up as far as it could go.
Nah, no way.
There's no Japanese person dumb enough for that.
tps://www.nikkansports.com/m/baseball/mlb/news/202606300000583_m.html
Just split it up and give it to everyone — we'd all be happier.
That's not how it'd work
Prices would just go up.
Not within the "Topps NOW" series, anyway.
This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Breaking News+) thread “[MLB] Shohei Ohtani’s Limited Card Sells for All-Time Record ¥110 Million — Signed Card Surpasses LeBron and Curry.”
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