Shohei Ohtani baseball card sells for $11 million, third‑most expensive

A 2026 Topps Chrome Back‑to‑Back dual Gold Logoman baseball card featuring Shohei Ohtani sold for $11 million at a private transaction in Rosetown, Illinois. The one‑of‑one card includes two gold MLB logo patches commemorating Ohtani’s consecutive NL MVP awards in 2024 and 2025, and bears both his standard autograph and a rarer Kanji signature.

The buyer, Matthew Allen – known in the trading‑card world as “Shyne” – along with partners Kevin O’Leary and Paul Warshaw of the investment firm Secure Collectibles, paid the record price, making the card the third‑most‑expensive sports card ever, behind a Michael Jordan/Kobe Bryant card ($12.9 million) and a Mickey Mantle card ($12.6 million). Secure Collectibles had earlier offered a public bounty of $6.5 million to anyone who pulled the card from a 2026 Topps Chrome pack.

The sale was highlighted at the National Sports Collectors Convention and underscores the growing high‑end market for rare baseball memorabilia.