Ohtani's 2025 Topps Chrome Gold Logoman 1/1 becomes most expensive ultra-modern baseball card
The Shohei Ohtani Gold Logoman 1/1 sold for $3 million Thursday night to set a record for any Ohtani card at public auction.
The result is the highest ever for a baseball card created during the ultra-modern era.
Lot No. 1 in Fanatics Collect’s December Premier Auction, bidding reached $1.14 million less than 24 hours after opening earlier this month.
The previous public record for an Ohtani card was the $1,067,500 paid for the 2024 Topps 50/50 Shohei Ohtani Dynasty Black Logoman 1/1 PSA 9 at Heritage in March.
Ohtani's Gold Logoman tops Paul Skenes' Rookie Debut Patch Autograph, which fetched $1.1 million in March, as the most paid for an ultra-modern baseball card of any kind at public auction.
Created as part of a collaboration between Topps, parent company Fanatics and Major League Baseball, jerseys with Gold MLB silhouettes were worn throughout the 2025 season by each league’s MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year winners.
Fanatics announced in March it would authenticate the jerseys and use 10 from each player to create a series of Gold Logoman cards for future products.
In addition to Ohtani's solo Gold Logoman, Dual Logoman issues featuring Ohtani and American League MVP Aaron Judge will be highly coveted.
The patch for sale at Fanatics Collect was worn by Ohtani on April 29 against the Miami Marlins. Ohtani finished 1-for-4 but hit his seventh home run of the season.
A Dual Gold Logoman featuring Cy Young winners Chris Sale and Tarik Skubal sold for $21,960 at Goldin in September.
Topps and Fanatics expanded the Gold Logoman program to include the NBA when the manufacturer took over exclusive rights to make trading cards for the league in October.
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Ben Burrows is a reporter and editor for cllct, the premier company for collectible culture. He was previously the collectibles editor at Sports Illustrated. You can follow him on X and Instagram @benmburrows.
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