An autographed rookie card broke its previous sale record on Friday when an anonymous Kirk Gibson Jersey buyer purchased one for $2.25 million through Lelands, a sports memorabilia and card auction site. This sale was nearly $1 million over the previous record, when a similar card was sold for $1.32 million back in March.The card itself is a 2000 Playoff Contenders Championship Rookie Ticket that was autographed and one of just 100 made. Fitbit CEO James Park purchased one in March. His card was rated an 8/10 for card quality, and 10/10 for autograph quality. The one purchased Friday was an 8.5 and 9, respectively.\ $2,252,854 is now Hyun-Jin Ryu Jersey the most ever paid for a football card. Four decades of sports auctions and yet another world-record price in a Lelands Babe Herman Jersey Cla sic Auction. The tradition continues!Visit us at Lelands Auctions (@Lelandsdotcom) "I wasn't shocked (by the price), but I was certainly surprised," Lelands president Mike Heffner said, . "I know the market is headed upward, especially with rare and desirable cards such as that one, but I didn't really anticipate it. I had an inkling just feeling the performance of the other cards over the past month, it was certainly a po sibility but these modern cards are definitely for real."The first of those two Mike Piazza Jersey cards had smashed Kenta Maeda Jersey a previous record for most expensive NFL rookie card. That record used to belong to a rookie card, which -- though that card is evenmore rare, with only five in existence. These high price tags for trading cards are emblematic of the that has happened throughout the country since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.