With hoops season heating up, read through this list to see the most expensive basketball cards of the last few years!
Basketball drove "The Hobby’s" pandemic boom in 2020. Documentaries like The Last Dance and the NBA Bubble ushered in a new era of fans and unwavering hype. While some cards have since come back down to earth, many cards are still worth way more than they were before the boom. Hoops has played a major role in that.
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The boom wasn't limited to basketball, as it also led to significant increases in other categories of trading cards such as football cards, baseball cards, Marvel cards, hockey cards, etc.
This influx of money and increased interest has created fierce competition for the rarest and highest-graded cards at places such as eBay, Goldin Auctions and Heritage Auctions, and the results can be seen below.
Today, we will be counting down the 20 most expensive basketball cards of all-time. For the purposes of this list, we are only allowing each individual card to appear once.
Let’s hop right in: here is a comprehensive list of undeniable basketball grails!