Sotheby's, a 280-year-old company with a market cap of $2.6billion, staged an auction in Harlem last week to sell what American mothers traditionally dismiss as scraps of cardboard.
These days trading cards are made using sleek, elegant card stock and, of course, they're no longer sold with chewing gum or tobacco. There are holograms, limited printings, and even pieces of authentic game-worn jerseys, all of which can turn a 2.5''X3.5'' souvenir into a six- or seven-figure treasure.
Then there are the vintage ancestors of modern cards, like the that went for $840,000 — the evening's top selling price.
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