Paul Skenes' Card Sold for $1.1M

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Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes

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Paul Skenes' 1-of-1 baseball card sells for $1.11M at auction

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The sale price includes a buyer's premium, as there were 64 bids on the card via the Fanatics Collect auction.

The proceeds from the auction are going to the LA Fire Relief Fund to help those who were impacted by the wildfires that devastated Southern California earlier this year .

The buyer of the 1 -of-1 card, which features Skenes ' autograph and a patch the NL Rookie of the Year wore on his uniform when he made his major league debut on May 11, 2024 , was not identified.

The Pirates offered the person who retrieved the card a bounty for it, including seats behind home plate at PNC Park for the next 30 years , an exclusive meet-and-g.

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