Pope Leo Xiv can add another large milestone to the resume: a trading card set better than LeBron James and Victor Wembanyama.
According to Topps, the first American Pope’s trade card run broke the record of all time for any non -sport card under the brand. Topps now sold 133,535 during the limited period from Thursday to Sunday.
Topps now commemorates milestone activities and is sold separately for a limited period. The card depicting Pope, born in Chicago on the Topps website, was listed as $ 8,99 per card and
The run of sales shadowed other important Topps sets, including James’s 40,000 career points (86.072) and Wembanyama’s NBA rookie (113.777) of the year.
A Sports Topps’s record now belongs to the first MLB player to record the 50/50 season with the 653,737 edition of Shohei Ohtani.
Pope-related trade cards have been for years, including Chocolat Guerin-Boutron, which produced a Pope Leo XIII card in 1909. In 2015, while visiting Pope Francis, Philadelphia Phillies released a Pope Francis “Rookie” card. Eight years later, 2009 Upper Deck SP legendary cut Pope II. John Paul’s signature card was sold on Ebay-An expensive trade card for the expensive Pope.
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