One of the most unusual memorabilia from a CEO of a leading public company that has just been sold at auction. Here’s a look at the auction and the final sale price.
What happened: A 1992 custom made little league baseball trading card just sold for $105,000. The baseball card was verified as the rookie card by Mark ZuckerbergCo-founder and CEO of meta platforms META.
The card was sold with the help of ComicConnecta New York-based comic book and trading card business. The trading card was given to Allie Tarantino, Zuckerberg’s favorite camp counselor, who kept the card after Zuckerberg signed it.
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Thirty years later, the map was featured in a high-profile auction.
“I’ve been telling the story for quite some time knowing Mark as a camper, and it never ceases to amaze people to see that this map actually exists,” Tarantino said. “I think now is a good time to sell and launch this card.”
The physical card had 57 bids during the auction price before selling for the six-figure price. The map was rated A by the rating service SGC. The autograph on the card was not evaluated.
A non-fungible token the rookie card was also sold in the auction. The one-of-one NFT was sold for 11 ether ETH/USD, or around $14,519. The NFT auction had 11 bids.
One of the unique features of the card is the stats on the back showing that Zuckerberg had a .920 batting average.
Zuckerberg switched from sports to invent a messaging program called Zucknet, which was later used by his father in his dental office. Zuckerberg also invented an early music software company. In 2004, Zuckerberg co-founded the company that would become Facebook.
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Why it matters: Zuckerberg verified the rookie card in an Instagram post and shared how the card came to be.
Zuckerberg’s post also coincided…
