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COVID-19 Patient Leaves Family Sports Card Collection Worth $20 Million

A neurologist from Florida left his family a sports card collection potentially worth over $20 million after he died following complications from COVID-19.

Dr. Thomas Newman amassed quite the collection over his four decades of collecting cards dating back to the 1980s. Newman focused on acquiring cards from 1957-59, though he additionally has cards dating back to the 1880s, per the New York Daily News.

The most valuable card in Newman's collection is a 1933 Babe Ruth card, which could break the $5.2 million record for a single card sale. A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card is the current record after being purchased by actor and entrepreneur Rob Gough in January.