The card was graded in a Near-Mint/Mint 8 condition by Certified Guaranty Company, and ultimately went on to sell at auction for $137,500
Cards like the first edition holographic Charizard, Illustrator Pikachu, and Shiny Espeon are known to command high prices in the collector's market
The earliest sports cards were promotional materials usually included with tobacco products and candy and often bearing an advertisement on the reverse
Louis Cardinals CPA-GH Gunnar Henderson, Baltimore Orioles CPA-GJ Greg Jones, Colorado Rockies CPA-GRC Griffin Conine, Miami Marlins CPA-HB Harrison Bader, New York Mets CPA-HK Hyeseong Kim, Los Angeles Dodgers CPA-HR Hanley Ramrez, Florida Marlins CPA-HW Hurston Waldrep, Atlanta Braves CPA-I Ichiro, Seattle Mariners CPA-IH Ian Happ, Chicago Cubs CPA-JA Julian Aguiar, Cincinnati Reds CPA-JB Jordan Beck, Colorado Rockies CPA-JBA Jeff Bagwell, Houston Astros CPA-JBL Jake Bloss, Toronto Blue Jays CPA-JC Jackson Chourio, Milwaukee Brewers CPA-JCA Joe Carter, Toronto Blue Jays CPA-JCM Junior Caminero, Tampa Bay Rays CPA-JD Jasson Domnguez, New York Yankees CPA-JDU Jarren Duran, Boston Red Sox CPA-JE Jim Edmonds, California Angels CPA-JG Juan Gonzalez, Texas Rangers CPA-JH Jackson Holliday, Baltimore Orioles CPA-JJ Jace Jung, Detroit Tigers CPA-JJO Jackson Jobe, Detroit Tigers CPA-JK John Kruk, Philadelphia Phillies CPA-JKO Jack Kochanowicz, Los Angeles Angels CPA-JL Joey Loperfido, Toronto Blue Jays CPA-JMA Justyn-Henry Malloy, Detroit Tigers CPA-JN Jhonkensy Noel, Cleveland Guardians CPA-JNE Jack Neely, Chicago Cubs CPA-JOB Johnny Bench, Cincinnati Reds CPA-JR Julio Rodrguez, Seattle Mariners CPA-JRA Jos Ramrez, Cleveland Guardians CPA-JRO Jimmy Rollins, Philadelphia Phillies CPA-JS Juan Soto, New York Mets CPA-JW James Wood, Washington Nationals CPA-JWI Jacob Wilson, Athletics CPA-JWR Justin Wrobleski, Los Angeles Dodgers CPA-KAL Kevin Alcntara, Chicago Cubs CPA-KC Kristian Campbell, Boston Red Sox CPA-KG Ken Griffey Jr., Seattle Mariners CPA-KH KeBryan Hayes, Cincinnati Reds CPA-KM Kyle Manzardo, Cleveland Guardians CPA-KMO Keider Montero, Detroit Tigers CPA-KT Kyle Tucker, Chicago Cubs CPA-KU Nick Kurtz, Athletics CPA-LAC Luisangel Acua, New York Mets CPA-LEJ Levi Jordan, Cincinnati Reds CPA-LG Luis Gil, New York Yankees CPA-LJ Leo Jimnez, Toronto Blue Jays CPA-LN Lars Nootbaar, St
While those four had rookie cards in the recently released Series 2 flagship, they were incredibly short-printed and hard to pull
As professional football became more popular, the cards began showing players from NFL clubs in action shots or in heroic portraits
