Overview

• Heritage Auctions sold the 2007–08 Exquisite Dual Logoman Autographs card for $12.932 million, a new public-auction record for sports cards and the second-most valuable sports collectible after Babe Ruth’s 1932 jersey.
• O’Leary said he purchased the card with Matt Allen and Paul Warshaw as a three-person syndicate and framed it as a long-term indexed asset.
• The card includes authenticated signatures and NBA logo patches from Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, featuring a gold Jordan logoman from the NBA’s 50th-anniversary 1996–97 season.
• Despite its PSA 6 grade, Heritage’s Chris Ivy underscored the one-of-one rarity and Upper Deck/PSA-backed authenticity as decisive factors, describing the provenance as ironclad.
• The consignor held the piece for over a decade and passed on high seven-figure offers before the Dallas sale, which closed on Bryant’s birthday during a run of big-ticket basketball memorabilia results.