Cooper Flagg Debut 1/1 sells for $8.04M as Premier hits $53.6M

Executive summary

September's Premier was built around the 2025 NBA rookie class. The 2025 Topps Chrome Update Cooper Flagg NBA Debut patch auto 1/1 in PSA 10 sold for $8.04M, nearly four times the year's previous Premier high of $2.16M in March. The Dylan Harper and Kon Knueppel versions of the same card sold for $2.88M and $2.34M.

A 2015 Pokémon Japanese XY Promo Art Academy Mudkip in PSA 10 sold for $3.72M, and Pokémon took 10% of the dollars, its highest share of the year. Vintage was deep as well: six pre-1980 cards cleared $100K, led by a 1933 Sport Kings Babe Ruth autograph at $990K, a 1949 Bowman Jackie Robinson rookie autograph at $468K and a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle in PSA 5.5 at $408K.

With fewer lots than August, 479 against 629, the total still rose to $53.6M. The median reached $40.8K and 94 lots sold for $100K or more. The top five lots accounted for 34% of the dollars; without them, the auction totaled about $35M. Michael Jordan again led all players, 80 lots for $7.55M.