Fanatics Collect Auction #241 Results – Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens & Bo Jackson

Weekly Auction #241 is officially in the books, with 72 Arthur’s Cards & Collectibles listings sold across baseball, football, basketball, Marvel, and Bo Jackson Battle Arena Tecmo Bowl.

The auction generated 352 total bids, with an average buyer price of $20.78 and a median buyer price of $17.40, including the Fanatics Collect buyer’s premium.

Baseball dominated the top of the results this week, led by a pair of 2023 Topps Update All Aces cards featuring Nolan Ryan and Roger Clemens. An iconic 1990 Score Bo Jackson also delivered one of the auction’s strongest results, while several cards provided interesting examples of just how much grade, player, and individual card appeal can separate prices—even within the same set.

Weekly Auction #241 at a Glance

Listings sold: 72
Total bids: 352
Average buyer price: $20.78
Median buyer price: $17.40
Listings at $30 or less: 63
Including 43 at $18 or less

Buyer prices include the 20% Fanatics Collect buyer’s premium. Individual results below show both the hammer price (winning bid amount) and final buyer price (winning bid + 20% buyer's premium).

Top Auction Results

2023 Topps Update All Aces Nolan Ryan #AA-51 CGC 10 Gem Mint

Hammer price: $86
Buyer price: $103.20
Bids: 31

Nolan Ryan took the top spot in Weekly Auction #241, with his 2023 Topps Update All Aces CGC 10 Gem Mint reaching an $86 hammer price and $103.20 buyer price.

Just as notable was the amount of competition it attracted.

The card received 31 bids, easily the highest total in the auction and more than any listing we offered last week.

The result reinforced what we have been seeing with the All Aces insert set: it has developed real collector appeal. With an iconic pitcher, a popular design, and a Gem Mint grade all lining up, Ryan clearly separated from most of the group.

2023 Topps Update All Aces Roger Clemens #AA-53 CGC 10 Pristine

Hammer price: $82
Buyer price: $98.40
Bids: 16

Roger Clemens finished only a few dollars behind Ryan, with his CGC 10 Pristine All Aces card reaching a $98.40 buyer price on 16 bids.

This one becomes particularly interesting when compared with another card in the same auction.

We also offered the exact same Roger Clemens All Aces card in CGC 10 Gem Mint, which finished at a $39.60 buyer price.

That gave us an unusually clean comparison between two copies of the same card, from the same auction, differing primarily by the level of the CGC 10 grade.

We will come back to that one in Market Notes.

1990 Score Bo Jackson #697 CGC 9.5 Mint+

Hammer price: $80
Buyer price: $96
Bids: 17

One of our favorite results of the week came from a card that many collectors will recognize immediately.

The 1990 Score Bo Jackson #697 CGC 9.5 Mint+ reached an $80 hammer price and $96 buyer price on 17 bids.

1990 Score was produced during an era known for enormous print runs, but certain cards have managed to develop an identity well beyond the product they came from.

Bo’s famous football/baseball card is one of them.

The strong result was another reminder that supply alone does not determine value. An iconic image, an iconic athlete, nostalgia, and a strong grade can sometimes make an individual card behave very differently from the rest of its set.

2023 Topps Big League 8-Bit Ballers Mike Trout #8B-2 CGC 10 Pristine

Hammer price: $35
Buyer price: $42
Bids: 9

Mike Trout’s 8-Bit Ballers CGC 10 Pristine finished fourth overall at a $42 buyer price.

This is not an especially rare or traditionally premium card, but it has something that matters in its own way: personality.

The retro video-game design, Trout’s established collector base, and the CGC Pristine grade combined to push this card well ahead of most of the lower-priced inserts in the auction.

It was also another example this week of a premium grade creating additional separation on a relatively accessible card.

2024 Bowman Chrome Power-Up George Lombard Jr. Prospect #PP-17 CGC 9.5 Mint+

Hammer price: $28
Buyer price: $33.60
Bids: 14

George Lombard Jr.’s Bowman Chrome Power-Up Prospect finished at a $33.60 buyer price on 14 bids, making it one of the more active prospect cards in the auction.

The final price was modest compared with the top few results, but the bid count stood out. Fourteen bids showed that there was real competition for the card, even without a premium autograph or low-numbered parallel.

For a younger player, that kind of activity can be just as useful to watch as the final price itself. It suggests collectors are paying attention, while still keeping the card in an accessible range.

Most Active Bidding

Several listings stood out for the amount of competition they generated.

Complete Results by Category

Baseball Results

• Nolan Ryan — 2023 Topps Update All Aces CGC 10 Gem Mint — $103.20 buyer / $86 hammer
• Roger Clemens — 2023 Topps Update All Aces CGC 10 Pristine — $98.40 / $82
• Mike Trout — 2023 Topps Big League 8-Bit Ballers CGC 10 Pristine — $42 / $35
• Roger Clemens — 2023 Topps Update All Aces CGC 10 Gem Mint — $39.60 / $33
• Shohei Ohtani — 2024 Topps Stars of MLB CGC 10 Gem Mint — $34.80 / $29
• George Lombard Jr. — 2024 Bowman Chrome Power-Up Prospect CGC 9.5 — $33.60 / $28
• Max Scherzer — 2023 Topps All Aces CGC 10 Gem Mint — $33.60 / $28
• Ken Griffey Jr. — 2020 Topps Update Turkey Red CGC 9.5 — $30 / $25
• Kyle Schwarber — 2023 Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary Refractor CGC 10 Pristine — $30 / $25
• Aaron Nola — 2023 Topps All Aces CGC 10 Gem Mint — $26.40 / $22
• Dylan Cease — 2023 Topps All Aces CGC 10 Gem Mint — $25.20 / $21
• Sandy Alcantara — 2023 Topps All Aces CGC 10 Gem Mint — $25.20 / $21
• Juan Marichal — 2023 Topps Update All Aces CGC 10 Gem Mint — $25.20 / $21
• Warren Spahn — 2023 Topps Update All Aces CGC 10 Gem Mint — $25.20 / $21
• Bobby Witt Jr. — 2023 Topps Big League 8-Bit Ballers CGC 9.5 — $25.20 / $21
• Miguel Cabrera — 2022 Panini Mosaic Grand Salami Green CGC 10 Gem Mint — $24 / $20
• Juan Soto — 2024 Finest What If...'93 Prototypes CGC 10 Gem Mint — $24 / $20
• José Ramírez — 2022 Topps Chrome Refractor CGC 10 Pristine — $24 / $20
• Mike Trout — 2023 Topps Update '88 Blue CGC 9.5 — $22.80 / $19
• Shane Bieber — 2023 Topps All Aces CGC 10 Gem Mint — $22.80 / $19
• Shane McClanahan — 2023 Topps All Aces CGC 10 Gem Mint — $21.60 / $18
• Mike Trout — 2019 Topps Update '84 Silver Pack CSG 9 — $20.40 / $17
• Mason Miller — 2025 Topps Holiday CGC 10 Gem Mint — $20.40 / $17
• Bryce Harper — 2023 Topps Big League Big Leaguers CGC 9.5 — $20.40 / $17
• Mark Buehrle — 2023 Topps Update All Aces CGC 9 — $18 / $15
• Clayton Kershaw — 2022 Topps Purple CGC 9 — $18 / $15
• Aaron Judge — 2023 Topps Update Black Gold CGC 8.5 — $16.80 / $14
• Corey Seager — 2014 Bowman '89 Is Back Silver Diamond Refractor Prospect CGC 10 — $15.60 / $13
• Mike Trout — 2023 Topps '22 Greatest Hits CGC 10 — $15.60 / $13
• Andy Pettitte — 2023 Topps Update All Aces CGC 9.5 — $14.40 / $12
• Willie McCovey — 2020 Topps Update Turkey Red CGC 10 Pristine — $14.40 / $12
• Juan Soto — 2024 Topps Foil CGC 9.5 — $13.20 / $11
• Andy Pettitte — 2020 Topps Update Turkey Red CGC 9 — $13.20 / $11
• Ken Griffey Jr. — 2022 Panini Diamond Kings CGC 8.5 — $12 / $10
• Jordan Walker — 2024 Topps Chrome Future Stars CGC 9 — $12 / $10
• Clayton Kershaw — 2023 Topps Update Royal Blue CGC 8 — $10.80 / $9
• Max Scherzer — 2023 Topps All Aces CGC 9 — $10.80 / $9
• Ozzie Albies — 2020 Topps Update Turkey Red CGC 10 — $10.80 / $9
• Babe Ruth — 2023 Topps Archives '79 Comics CGC 7 — $10.80 / $9
• Albert Pujols — 2022 Topps 21 Greatest Hits CGC 9 — $9.60 / $8
• Matt Olson — 2022 Topps Chrome '87 CGC 9.5 — $8.40 / $7
• Yadier Molina — 2023 Topps Big League CGC 8.5 — $8.40 / $7
• Nelson Cruz — 2025 Panini Crusade Red /299 CGC 8.5 — $7.20 / $6
• Albert Pujols — 2023 Topps '22 Greatest Hits CGC 8 — $7.20 / $6
• Fernando Tatis Jr. / Jackson Merrill — 2025 Topps Update Rainbow Foil Cool Customers CGC 8 — $7.20 / $6
• Mike Trout — 2024 Topps Archives Yellow Foilboard CGC 7.5 — $7.20 / $6
• Mike Hampton — 1992 Bowman PSA 9 — $7.20 / $6
• Kazuma Okamoto — 2026 Donruss Elite Series Rookie CGC 8 — $6 / $5
• Aidan Miller — 2024 Bowman Prospect CGC 9 — $6 / $5
• Ben Rice — 2025 Topps Chrome Rookie CGC 6.5 — $6 / $5

Football Results

• Bo Jackson — 1990 Score #697 CGC 9.5 Mint+ — $96 buyer / $80 hammer
• Bo Jackson — 2023 Topps Composite Gallery CGC 10 Pristine — $28.80 / $24
• Bryce Young — 2023 Topps Composite Allen & Ginter Rookie CGC 10 Pristine — $25.20 / $21
• Jaxon Smith-Njigba — 2023 Score Rookie CGC 10 Pristine — $22.80 / $19
• Travis Kelce — 2023 Panini Prizm Green CGC 9 — $18 / $15
• Bo Nix — 2024 Leaf Football Red CGC 8.5 — $18 / $15
• Bo Jackson — 2023 Panini Prizm Draft Picks Green CGC 9 — $18 / $15
• Cooper Kupp — 2023 Panini Prizm Red White & Blue CGC 10 — $18 / $15
• Brock Bowers — 2024 Score Protential Rookie CGC 10 — $14.40 / $12
• Brett Favre — 2024 Leaf QB Kings Blue CGC 10 — $13.20 / $11
• Chase Brown — 2023 Panini Prizm Draft Picks Silver Rookie CGC 9.5 — $8.40 / $7
• Jalen Hurts / A.J. Brown — 2023 Donruss Optic Best Tuddys CGC 8.5 — $7.20 / $6

Basketball Results

• Nikola Jokić — 2024 Hoops Winter Premium Purple CGC 8 — $10.80 buyer / $9 hammer

Marvel Results

• Thor — 2023 Upper Deck Marvel Annual '21 Backscatters CGC 10 — $15.60 buyer / $13 hammer
• Captain Marvel — 2023 Upper Deck Marvel Annual '21 Silver Sparkle CGC 10 — $13.20 / $11

Bo Jackson Battle Arena Tecmo Bowl Results

• McArmyKnife — CGC 9 — $6 buyer / $5 hammer
• BrockNess — CGC 9.5 — $6 / $5
• King Ketchup — Hotdogs CGC 10 — $6 / $5
• Coney Carl — Hotdogs CGC 9.5 — $6 / $5
• Brat Wurst — Hotdogs CGC 9.5 — $6 / $5

Collector-Friendly Results

Weekly Auction #241 was one of the most collector-friendly lineups we have offered recently.

Of the 72 sold listings, 63 finished at buyer prices of $30 or less, including 43 at $18 or less.

The median buyer price was only $17.40, while the average finished slightly higher at $20.78.

That meant collectors could find graded cards of players including Mike Trout, Aaron Judge, Clayton Kershaw, Albert Pujols, Ken Griffey Jr., Miguel Cabrera, Juan Soto, Travis Kelce, Bo Nix, Brett Favre, Nikola Jokić, and plenty of others without moving into premium price territory.

At the same time, the top end of the auction showed that relatively inexpensive products can still produce meaningful price separation when the right player, grade, or card comes together.

Arthur's Market Notes & Insights

Now for the fun part: interpreting the results.

The individual sale prices tell us what happened, but the more interesting question is what—if anything—we can actually take away from them.

This week gave us several unusually clean comparisons.

Sometimes the Best Comp Is Sitting in the Same Auction

We could not have asked for a much cleaner grading comparison than the two Roger Clemens 2023 Topps Update All Aces #AA-53 cards.

One was graded CGC 10 Pristine.

The other was graded CGC 10 Gem Mint.

The Pristine copy reached a $98.40 buyer price, while the Gem Mint finished at $39.60.

That means buyers paid nearly 2.5 times as much for the Pristine copy—even though both carried a numerical grade of 10.

There are always variables in an auction, and two sales alone do not establish a permanent multiplier. But having the same player, same card, same marketplace, and same auction eliminates many of the variables that normally make card comparisons difficult.

In this case, the market made a pretty clear distinction between Gem Mint and Pristine.

We tend to talk about grading in terms of the numerical grade on the label, but premium designations can create their own markets too.

For collectors deciding whether to pay a premium for a Pristine copy—and for sellers deciding whether a card is worth grading—this was a particularly useful real-world example of just how large that premium can occasionally become.

All Aces Continues to Be a Collector Favorite

The 2023 Topps All Aces group was one of the clearest winners of the auction.

Nolan Ryan led everything at $103.20, Roger Clemens Pristine reached $98.40, and the Gem Mint Clemens finished at $39.60.

But the demand was not limited to those three.

Max Scherzer reached $33.60, Aaron Nola $26.40, Dylan Cease $25.20, Sandy Alcantara $25.20, Juan Marichal $25.20, Warren Spahn $25.20, Shane Bieber $22.80, and Shane McClanahan $21.60 in CGC 10.

What stood out to us was the breadth of the demand.

This was not simply Nolan Ryan and Roger Clemens pulling the set upward. Several pitchers from different eras produced respectable results, and Dylan Cease alone attracted 14 bids despite finishing at just $25.20.

It appears collectors genuinely like the All Aces design and concept, rather than this being a flash-in-the-pan situation.

Hall of Fame-level names and premium grades still commanded the biggest premiums, while the more common names settled into a much more accessible range.

Based on our results, inserts have fared pretty well over the last few auctions. That is generally what we would expect to see from a healthy insert market: a base level of collector interest, with meaningful separation for the cards people most want.

An Iconic Card Can Escape Its Era

If we had told someone that one of the top three results this week would be a card from 1990 Score, they might not have guessed correctly.

But the Bo Jackson #697 CGC 9.5 Mint+ reached a $96 buyer price on 17 bids, finishing only behind Nolan Ryan and Roger Clemens Pristine.

This is where treating every card from the so-called junk-wax era the same can become misleading.

1990 Score itself is certainly not scarce. And individual packs are relatively cheap and easy to obtain. 

But this particular Bo Jackson card has become one of the recognizable images of the era, combining his baseball and football identities on a card that even casual collectors tend to recognize.

The result is a useful reminder that collectors do not buy print runs in isolation.

They buy cards.

An iconic image, nostalgia, player popularity, condition, and the card’s place within the hobby can create demand even when the surrounding product is plentiful.

We’re not saying the road to riches goes through junk wax, but this card is a great example of how digging through the era can occasionally uncover something much more interesting than the reputation suggests.

Tecmo Bowl Reinforced Last Week's Lesson

Last week, we noted that Bo Jackson Battle Arena Tecmo Bowl cards appeared to be developing a fairly selective market.

Auction #241 gave us another data point.

Five more Tecmo Bowl cards sold this week, and all five finished at a $6 buyer price.

Each received only one bid.

That stands in stark contrast to last week’s Fear Himself (Lawrence Taylor) Helmets Battlefoil, which reached $69.60.

The growing sample is beginning to make the separation easier to see.

Simply being a Battle Arena card—or even receiving a strong numerical grade—does not appear to create much of a price floor on its own. The character, athlete, parallel, and relative scarcity matter considerably.

In many ways, that is exactly how we would expect an established trading-card product to behave.

The more common cards form the lower end of the market, while the desirable athletes and harder parallels have the opportunity to separate.

We still need more data before making broad conclusions about a relatively new set, but through two consecutive auctions, collector selectivity is becoming increasingly visible.

The Affordable End of the Market Is Very Active

One final thing worth emphasizing this week is just how much activity occurred below the headline prices.

The median card sold for only $17.40, and 63 of the 72 listings finished at $30 or less.

Yet the auction still generated 352 bids.

That matters because lower prices do not necessarily mean a lack of interest.

Dylan Cease received 14 bids before finishing at $25.20. George Lombard Jr. attracted 14 bids at $33.60. Aaron Nola received eight bids at $26.40, while Jaxon Smith-Njigba received eight at $22.80.

There appears to be plenty of competition in this part of the market when collectors believe a card is priced appropriately.

For us, that is one of the more encouraging aspects of the results.

The hobby does not need every card to be a $100 card. In fact, we would go so far as to say that higher-priced cards can sometimes be among the hardest to profit from, simply because they require more capital and increasingly stronger demand to keep moving higher.

Some of the best collector stories start at the other end of the market: finding an overlooked card at an accessible price and watching its collector interest develop over time.

A healthy market also needs collectors willing to compete for $15, $20, and $30 cards—and Auction #241 had plenty of that.

Final Takeaway

Weekly Auction #241 was less about one massive sale and more about price discovery across a much larger group of cards.

Nolan Ryan and Roger Clemens showed that modern inserts can develop meaningful premiums around the right names and grades. Bo Jackson reminded us that an iconic card can transcend the era and product it came from. The two Clemens copies gave us an unusually clean look at the premium collectors can place on a CGC Pristine grade, while the Tecmo Bowl results continued to show an increasingly selective secondary market.

At the same time, the overwhelming majority of the auction remained accessible, with 63 of 72 cards selling for $30 or less.

That combination may have been the most interesting part of the week.

Collectors were willing to pay up when a card gave them a reason—but there was also plenty of activity at the affordable end of the market.

And ultimately, that is what we like to see: not every card moving together, but collectors making distinctions and deciding which cards are worth stretching for.