New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns confirms he paid $900,000 for a rare Aaron Judge trading card. Both outlets report that Towns is adding to a sports memorabilia collection amid a broader surge in trading-card interest and market activity.
The card is described as one of the most valuable of its kind, with The Athletic (NYT) stating it is Judge’s fourth most expensive publicly known baseball card sale ever. Yahoo Sports frames the purchase within the growth of the trading-card industry, which it says has expanded significantly since the coronavirus pandemic.
Taken together, the reporting centers on the same purchase price and subject card, while differing in emphasis: Yahoo Sports highlights the wider industry context and post-pandemic expansion, and The Athletic focuses on the card’s relative ranking among publicly known sales for Aaron Judge.
