During his time in the NBA, Boston Celtics Hall of Fame point guard “Pistol” Pete Maravich broke numerous records, and he did so again this month when one of his trading cards sold for a record price. Per Bleacher Report’s Julia Stumbaugh, Pistol Pete’s “tall boy” rookie card was bought at an auction for $552,000.
In mint condition, the card instantly became the most expensive piece of Maravich memorabilia, the fifth-most expensive pre-1980 basketball card of all time, and the costliest 1970 Topps card sold in history.
“The card was part of Topps’ “tall boy” set, a series of vintage basketball cards released in 1969 and 1970 which measured slightly more than an inch taller than standard cards,” writes Stumbaugh.
“These cards are made even more valuable by the fact that they did not fit into the standard-sized protection cases available to collectors in the 1960s, making mint-condition ones like the 1970 Maravich card even rarer.”
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