Football fans are on a treasure hunt to discover rare autographed Euro 2024 collectible cards selling online for huge sums of money.
As part of its range of Match Attax cards for Euro 2024, Topps has released a series of autographed cards for each team in the competition.
He told This is Money that there is one of these autographed cards hidden in every 1,900 packs of £2.50 Euro Match Attax 2024 cards across Europe.
Now that the Euros have just begun, most fans may be thinking about England reaching the final of the competition, but these cards remain hot property and certainly the talk of gaming groups and collectors. equally.
Big ticket: Autographed Euro 2024 Match Attax cards can sell for hundreds on the resale market
Ultra rare: A Harry Kane rainbow card, one of only ten made, sold for almost £200 in April
If you can get rid of them, these cards can make a lot of money on the resale market.
While a total of 33 autographed card designs have been issued, with fourteen teams represented in the range, Topps declined to say how many cards in total it has printed and signed.
Four players from the English team have signed cards: Jordan Pickford, Kieran Trippier, Harry Kane and… Paul Gascoigne.
Collectors lucky enough to get their hands on them are already reselling these cards on sites like Ebay, listing them for hundreds of pounds each.
An autographed Harry Kane rainbow card sold for £194 in April. The back of the card reads “04/10”, indicating that these rarer forms of autographed cards have much more limited circulation numbers.
Topps said autographed cards can be found as base cards, as well as mirror cards, rainbow cards and gold rainbow cards.
These variations differ in rarity, with the gold rainbow cards being the most difficult to obtain, while the base cards are the most common and do not have circulation numbers printed on the back.
Also worth noting here are these trading card packs, not £1 sticker packs, which is a different collection.
The Jordan Pickford and Kieran Trippier cards are also listed between £110 and £185 on the e-commerce site, but there is no sign of Gazza cards being included.
Host nation Germany, meanwhile, has three cards, including one signed by Timo Werner, while France has five cards.
Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy and the Netherlands have two cards each, Austria and Portugal three and Spain, Switzerland and Turkey one each.
According to Topps, the signing of each card was witnessed by a company representative, to ensure its authenticity.
Sold listings on Ebay show that an autographed Rasmus Hojlund card sold for £240, while Brian Laudrup and Luis Figo cards sold for £220.
While the lowest sale seen by This is Money was £39 for a Marcel Sabitzer card, the vast majority of cards sold for over £100.
Either way, finding one of these cards could net you a pretty penny, especially considering how much you would have paid for a pack of cards.
This is Money also saw a Euro 2024 printing plate for Topps’ Patrick Wimmer card listed for a whopping £1,100.
Birmingham Boy: Jude Bellingham Signed This Unique Collectible Card
The trading card company has also released a series of nine autographed “combo cards” that include autographs from two players from the same country.
France has three of these cards combined, while Germany, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Spain have one card each.
Topps said it classifies these cards as “Mega Ultra-Rare,” while regular autograph cards are “Ultra-Rare.”
For those long-term collectors, and not just of Euros, Topps has also released a unique Jude Bellingham card, signed by the player and inscribed “Just a Boy from Birmingham.”
Unfortunately for fans of the Real Madrid player, no Euro 2024 card autographed by Jude Bellingham has been created.
Topps said the card was randomly inserted into a Topps 23/24 UEFA Club Competitions pack and, at this time, no one has come forward to say they have found it.
Jason Flynn, host of the Soccer Cards United podcast, said: “Bellingham’s unique autograph market is extremely healthy and shows no signs of slowing down with his performances at Real Madrid.
‘We could see this card fetch up to $10,000 at auction. Inscribed autographs are new to the football card market and collectors are still deciding where they fit in the hierarchy, but given Jude’s superstar status, his young age and the number of high-end collectors already interested in it, it is not difficult to see this card. attracting massive interest.
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