An unsigned Shohei Ohtani game-worn 2026 World Baseball ?Classic jersey sold for just north of $1.5 million Sunday night via MLB Auctions, shattering the previous highest public sale of an Ohtani ?jersey, autographed with “24 NL MVP,” which was $249,999 ?in ?2025 on Fanatics.
While Sunday’s sale ?did not come close to matching the price of other jerseys —?Babe ?Ruth’s “called shot” jersey from the 1932 World Series ?went for $24.12 million in 2024, while other examples from?Jackie Robinson and Mickey Mantle both sold for??more than $4 million?—?it ?does raise the chances for future game-worn?Ohtani jersey sales from ?a major ?MLB event to perhaps match ?or eclipse Robinson and Mantle in the future.
And ?just ?last Thursday, a one-of-a-kind 2025 Topps MVP gold Logoman patch autographed card of Ohtani and New York Yankees slugger ?Aaron Judge sold for $2.16 million via auction through Fanatics Premier. The card features special gold-embellished MLB logo jersey patches worn by ?each ?reigning MVP.
That sale marked the ?second time a Judge card has ?sold for more than $1 million, but a solo Ohtani 2025 Topps Chrome one-of-one gold Logoman patch autographed card sold through ?Fanatic Premier fetched $3 million.
Along with the $1.5 million jersey sale, the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar has three cards that have sold for $1 million or more.
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