Shohei Ohtani’s incredible MLB debut has created excitement in baseball circles, and for collectors as well.
If you need evidence of that, you need look no further than the market value of a signed Ohtani rookie card. According to ESPN’s Darren Rovell, that autographed Topps card sold on eBay on Monday for $6,725.
“It’s a truly foreign market that is buying his memorabilia,” said Rick Probstein, whose company had the card up for sale. “Aaron Judge and some of the other baseball stars we have seen on the rise have been boosted by a U.S. market alone.”
While such a card still would have been expensive toward the end of spring training, it could have been had for $2,000 or less after a difficult spring that left many doubts about the Japanese rookie.
“His autographed cards have tripled or quadrupled in the last two to three weeks,” Probstein said.
As long as Ohtani keeps doing stuff like this, his rookie card may see further increases in value.
