In March, following his retirement from the NFL in late January, Tom Brady's then-last touchdown football was sold at a Lelands auction for $518,628 -- the most ever paid for a football. It was the natural closing of a loop; in June of 2021, Lelands had also sold Brady's first touchdown pass, for $428,841.
Less than 24 hours after the auction concluded, Brady -- just forty days after retiring -- returned to football. A month later, the half-million-dollar sale was nullified.
On Saturday, ahead of the Week 2 game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New Orleans Saints, that same football sold with a caveat from Lelands in the description:
"The perspective has changed, but this remains a magnificent piece nonetheless.