The rookie card sat in a grocery store closet in Crosby, Minnesota, for "more than 60 years," and received a perfect "10" ...

Caleb flew to Florida with his brother to get the card back from SGC. That's when SGC told him a private buyer was ready to pay — wait for it — $1.7 million. "The highest vintage basketball card sale ...

As previously mentioned, the Wilt Chamberlain rookie card that sold for $1.7 million now holds the record as the most valuable vintage basketball card. Regarding basketball trading cards ...

Per cllct's Ben Burrows, the Fleer Wilt Chamberlain SGC 10 card sold privately ... also the highest price ever paid for a vintage basketball card of any kind.

making it the biggest-ever sale of a basketball card. "Let's say you go all the way back to 1961 and you opened a pack right now. The odds of that card in there, being a Wilt Chamberlain in a Gem ...

A 1961-62 Fleer Wilt Chamberlain rookie card recently sold for $1.7 million in a private deal brokered by Goldin Auctions. It's the most money ever paid for a vintage (pre-1980) basketball card.

But, how did he come upon the 1961 Fleer Basketball Wilt Chamberlain rookie card? You ask? "His [the seller's] parents owned a grocery store when he was growing up. Him and his brother ripped a ...

A 1961-62 Fleer Wilt Chamberlain rookie card recently sold for $1.7 million in a private deal brokered by Goldin Auctions. It’s the most money ever paid for a vintage (pre-1980) basketball card.

Hajducky is an associate editor for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men's soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities.