Nolan Ryan's 1968 rookie card, which depicts him as a member of the New York Mets, has been sold for $500,000 at auction.
Goldin Auctions reported the winning bid on Saturday.
Per the official listing from Goldin Auctions, this version of the 1968 Topps rookie card received a perfect GEM MT 10 rating from the Professional Sports Authenticator:
"Among more than 11,500 examples seen by PSA, this incomparable jewel is the only specimen to merit the company's laudable GEM MT 10 assessment The significance of this one, glorious treasure—against which all of its contemporaries will, by definition, be found lacking—is impossible to overstate.