Shohei Ohtani Logoman 1/1 card sells for record $1.1 million
Included in the 2024 Topps 50-50: Shohei Ohtani set, which was released in December, the Logoman is from the pants Ohtani was wearing when he hit home run No. 50 from his historic 50-homer, 50-steal season.
𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: The 1/1 Shohei Ohtani autograph card with his game-worn 50-50 Logoman has been pulled.The card was just redeemed and picked up from our Texas office yesterday, and it has been sent to Heritage Auctions where it is expected to go for sale soon. pic.twitter.com/wFu6ewva4s
— Topps (@Topps) January 29, 2025
The card is part of the new Dynasty Black subset, which Topps announced in September as a new series of cards that includes game-used memorabilia tied to specific moments. Along with the Logoman 1/1, the Ohtani set includes two other Dynasty Black 1/1s that feature pieces of the batting gloves worn for home run No. 50.
One of the cards featuring Ohtani's batting gloves was pulled by a collector in Dallas earlier this month.
Heritage previously auctioned the Topps NOW 1/1 card celebrating Ohtani's historic 50-50 season that also includes a '50/50 Club' inscription — that card sold for $225,700 in February.
Prior to Sunday, the highest public sale for any Ohtani card was the $533,140 paid for a 2018 Bowman Chrome Rookie Autographs Orange Refractor /25 BGS 10 Black Label at Goldin in November.
Ben Burrows is a reporter and editor for cllct.
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