A Wilt Chamberlain rookie card sitting in a closet for over 60 years was sold at a private auction this week for a whopping $1.7 million. According to ESPN, the card now holds the record for the ...

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 ...

Wilt Chamberlain already owns ... Before the pristine rookie Chamberlain card—which was for his hometown Philadelphia Warriors—the previous highest-selling card was a 1980-81 Topps Larry Bird/Magic ...

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.

The previous record was a 1980-81 Topps Larry Bird/Magic Johnson rookie card, which sold in August 2021 for $840,000, also with Goldin. The Chamberlain card sat in a grocery store closet in Crosby, ...