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 ¡ª?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?¡ª?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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