Signed Serena rookie card sold for record price at auction
Photo from Goldin Auctions Twitter
An autographed Serena Williams rookie card printed in 2003 has become the most expensive women’s sports card after fetching $44,280 at auction last weekend, New Jersey-based Goldin Auctions said.
The previous record was $34,440 for a rookie card of former US soccer player Mia Hamm sold in June.
Final Sale Price: $44,280
An all-time record for any women’s sports card. pic.twitter.com/ewE61yQfBI
— Goldin Auctions (@GoldinAuctions) October 25, 2021
ESPN reported the Williams card was bought by alternative-asset trading platform Alt on behalf of a private client.
“People are accepting women’s trading cards as collectables,” ESPN quoted Goldin Auctions founder Ken Goldin as saying.
The 40-year-old Williams, who is still hunting a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title, has not competed since limping out of her first-round match at Wimbledon in August.
