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Los Ángeles.– The global impact of Shohei Ohtani continues to transcend the playing field. An autographed Topps Gold Logoman card of the star player of the Los Angeles Dodgers was auctioned for US$3 million, including the buyer’s premium, setting a new record for collectible items of the Japanese baseball player.
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The card, considered a unique piece being “1-of-1”, includes Ohtani’s signature and a patch with the golden logo used on an official player uniform to commemorate his award as the 2024 National League Most Valuable Player. This special program was created by Topps and Major League Baseball to honor the winners of the sport’s main awards. The patch incorporated into the card corresponds to a uniform that Ohtani wore on April 29, 2025, during a 15-2 victory over the Miami Marlins, a game in which he hit his seventh home run of the season against Dominican ace Sandy Alcántara. It was also his first home run after returning from paternity leave, following the birth of his first child. The historic card was recently discovered by Pete Anderson and his 11-year-old twin sons, Colton and Henry, in Minneapolis. The family decided to put the piece up for auction through Fanatics, where bids exceeded one million dollars in less than 24 hours, reaching a record figure. With this sale, the Gold Logoman surpassed the previous record for Ohtani cards, set by the Topps Black Logoman 2024, and became the most expensive Dodgers card ever sold. It also surpassed the “1-of-1” autographed rookie card of Paul Skenes, auctioned last year for US$1.1 million. Historically, Ohtani’s card ranks among the most valuable of the modern era, second only to the Bowman Chrome Prospects Superfractor 2019 of Mike Trout, which reached US$3.93 million in 2020. However, the most expensive card sold in 2025 remains the rookie card of Babe Ruth from 1914, auctioned for US$4.03 million. The buyer of the Gold Logoman has not been revealed. As for the sellers, the Anderson family announced that part of the proceeds will be reinvested in more collectibles, while another portion will be allocated to the “university funds” of the children. The historic price achieved confirms that Shohei Ohtani’s collectibles are in a category of their own, reflecting the sporting, media, and cultural impact of one of the biggest stars in modern baseball.
