Although he’s collected plenty of memorabilia over the years, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft got his hands on a new piece of Tom Brady history Tuesday night.
Kraft purchased an autographed card of the rookie Brady for $120,000 at a Sotheby’s and Fanatics auction in New York on Tuesday. The card, which had an impressive 9.5 rating, featured the veteran Patriots quarterback in his first season in the league in 2000. Brady, of course, was at the auction with Kraft and was sitting next to him when he purchased it.
The card was one of four Brady trading cards auctioned at the event.
Brady spent the majority of his career with the Patriots, where he helped build one of the greatest dynasties the sport has ever seen. He won six Super Bowls during his 20 seasons with the Patriots, who first selected him in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft out of Michigan. He won three Super Bowl titles in his first four years with the franchise, then won three in a five-year stretch that ended after the 2018 campaign.
The three-time MVP, who won a seventh Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before retiring after the 2022 season, finished his career with a league-record 89,214 yards and 649 touchdowns. He went 219-64 with the Patriots, and he’s certain to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame once he’s eligible in 2028. He was inducted earlier this summer.
with Fox. He took over as the network’s lead analyst this season and now calls games with Kevin Burkhardt, Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi each week.
In addition to the Brady cards, there were other notable sales at the auction. A 2018 Shohei Ohtani rookie card opened the sale and sold for $336,000, which was more than double the high estimate and set a new record for an Ohtani trading card. That came just days after the Los Angeles Dodgers star became the first player in league history to record 50 home runs and 50 steals in a single season. Several autographed LeBron James cards also sold, along with an Elly De La Cruz rookie card and a Roberto Clemente rookie card that both sold for $840,000.
