Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg’s Little League baseball card fetched a six-figure sum at auction, according to a report.
The authenticated card, showing a photo of an 8-year-old Zuckerberg and his autograph, sold for $105,000 at an auction supervised by ComicConnect.com, MarketWatch reported Wednesday. The unrevealed buyer also paid a 15% premium on the closing price for a total of $120,750.
“There’s nothing you can logically compare it to. I could not draw a line between this card and anything, “ComicConnect.com CEO Stephen Fishler told the outlet.
The Aces Sports Star card was sold by Allie Tarantino, the young Zuckerberg’s “favorite counselor” at a camp in White Plains, NY. Zuckerberg signed the card and gave it to Tarantino, who held onto it for the next three decades as the Facebook founder became one of the world’s richest and most closely explored individuals.
“I’ve been telling this story for quite a while, about how I knew Mark as a camper, and it always astonishes people to see that this card exists,” Tarantino said in an earlier press release about the card.
“But I feel that my part of the story is over, so due to Mark’s prominence in the tech world, and the fact that he’s one of the most famous people on the planet, I figure now is a good time to sell this card and put it on market,” added Tarantino, who now works as an elementary school teacher.
Zuckerberg’s card lists his hometown as Dobbs Ferry, NY, and details the tech tyke’s “stats” for the Red Robins during the 1992 Little League season – in which the 3-foot-11, 48-pound slugger posted a Ruthian batting average of .920.
The right-handed batter had 23 hits that included a home run. It also shows his favorite team, the New York Yankees, and Roger Clemens as his favorite player. It is the only known card of its kind, according to Fishler.
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