Shohei Ohtani WBC jersey sells for record $1.5 million

Shohei Ohtani looks on prior to the start of the World Baseball Classic game against Australia at Tokyo Dome on March 8
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An unsigned Shohei Ohtani game-worn 2026 World Baseball ⁠Classic jersey sold for just north of $1.5 million Sunday night via MLB Auctions, shattering the previous highest public sale of an Ohtani ​jersey, autographed with "24 NL MVP," which was $249,999 ‌in ‌2025 on Fanatics.While Sunday's sale ​did not come close to matching the price of other jerseys — Babe ⁠Ruth's "called shot" jersey from the 1932 World Series ⁠went for $24.12 million in 2024, while other examples from Jackie Robinson and Mickey Mantle both sold for ​more than $4 million — it ⁠does raise the chances for future game-worn Ohtani jersey sales from ⁠a major ​MLB event to perhaps match ​or eclipse Robinson and Mantle in the future.And ​just ‌last Thursday, a one-of-a-kind 2025 Topps MVP gold Logoman patch autographed card of Ohtani and New York Yankees slugger ‌Aaron Judge sold for $2.16 million via auction through Fanatics Premier
The card features special gold-embellished MLB logo jersey patches worn by ​each ​reigning MVP.That sale marked the ​second time a Judge card has ⁠sold for more than $1 million, but a solo Ohtani 2025 Topps Chrome one-of-one gold Logoman patch autographed card sold through ​Fanatic Premier fetched $3 million.Along with the $1.5 million jersey sale, the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar has three cards that have sold for $1 million or more.

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