Mia Hamm rookie card sells for record $34K

14 Apr 2001: Mia Hamm #9 of the Washington Freedom during the match against the Bay Area Cyberrays at the Inaugural Game of the WUSA at RFK stadium in Washington D.C. The Washington Freedom defeat the Bay Area Cyberrays, 1-0.

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Soccer legend Mia Hamm set a new record in the trading card market over the weekend.

Her 1992 Sports Illustrated for Kids rookie card - graded a PSA Gem Mint 10 - was sold by Goldin Auctions for $34,400, making it the most expensive female sports card of all time.

Final Sale Price: $34,440

An all-time record for any women’s sports card. @MiaHamm pic.twitter.com/VUmvKgHCVa
— Goldin Auctions (@GoldinAuctions) June 28, 2021

The previous record belonged to Alex Morgan, whose rookie card sold for $16,000, according to ESPN's Dan Hajducky.

"It validates that there's a legitimate market for women's sports," Goldin Auctions founder Ken Goldin told ESPN. "Four years ago, soccer was not considered by most (trading card) people in the United States - myself included - to be part of their collecting universe, but two of the five highest-priced items in this auction were soccer related (and) then you have Mia Hamm up there, too."