Colon's home run card selling for $60 on eBay
Bartolo Colon is putting smiles on people's faces, and money in their pockets.
Colon, who slugged his way to history by becoming the oldest player ever to hit his first career home run, helped smash Topps' sales record, with the company announcing Monday that his limited-edition baseball card sold 8,826 copies in 24 hours. Twenty-four hours later, that $9.99 card is now selling for as much as $60 on eBay, despite the fact the cards have yet to be printed or shipped, according to trading card publication Blowout Buzz.
Topps said Monday that Colon's "The impossible becomes possible" baseball card commemorating his big blast shattered the previous record held by Jake Arrieta's no-hitter, which sold 1,808 cards.
"This moment was the perfect storm," Jeff Heckman, director of product development and e-commerce for Topps, told ESPN's Darren Rovell. "It was the right player in the right market and it happened on a weekend."
The special-edition card is part of the collectible series "Topps Now," in which the company recreates a popular moment and sells as many cards that are ordered within a 24-hour period.
- With h/t to Big League Stew