Cooper Flagg's rookie debut patch card sells for record $8.04 million - ESPN

Cooper Flagg's rookie season added yet another accolade — and this time, it's historic.

Early Friday morning, Flagg's NBA rookie debut patch card sold for a whopping $8.04 million in Fanatics Collect's September Premier Auction. The card received 83 bids during the two-week auction.

According to Fanatics, a late bidding war took place for the card, and the price skyrocketed from $3.5 million at approximately 9 p.m. ET Thursday to $8.04 million at 2 a.m. ET Friday.

BREAKING: The Cooper Flagg NBA Debut Patch autograph card has officially sold in our auction for $8,040,000.

This sets the record for the most expensive Cooper Flagg card of all time, surpassing the previous record of $366,000.

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The sale set records for the most expensive basketball card sale featuring a single player and the most expensive debut patch sale, passing Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes' debut patch record of $1.1 million.

It also is the third-most-expensive NBA card sale, trailing dual card sales of LeBron James-Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant-Jordan, Fanatics says.

In the same auction, two other debut patch cards sold for high amounts — San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper's debut patch sold for $2.88 million, and Charlotte Hornets sharpshooter Kon Knueppel's sold for $2.34 million.

In early August, theDallas Mavericks also made put out a «bounty» trade offer similar to an NBA trade to the person who finds the card. The offer included two Mavericks season premium lower level tickets for 32 years, a signed, game-worn Flagg rookie jersey with a postgame photo with the star.

They will also receive a road trip experience to see the Mavericks face the Boston Celtics with