Michael Jordan sneakers sell for record $2.2 million amid sports memorabilia boom
analysis of high-value memorabilia sales in September found the 10 priciest sports trading cards had all been sold since the pandemic began.Max Williamson, a senior specialist in sporting memorabilia at Australia's Abacus Auctions, told Axios in a phone interview Wednesday demand for sports memorabilia and nostalgic collectables has been consistently high during the pandemic — and it shows no signs of slowing down.
"When the COVID pandemic hit, people couldn't travel, couldn't go to work so often, they had collections they hadn't looked at for a few years and so they pulled them out and started collecting again," he said. "It's very popular. ... I think people look back with fondness on some of the heroes from these [earlier eras]. And some of them were larger than life and it's it's fun. That's the main thing."
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