Fanatics Collect Auction #242 Results – Lamine Yamal, Aaron Judge & Prospects

Weekly Auction #242 is officially in the books, with 59 Arthur’s Cards & Collectibles listings sold across baseball, football, basketball, soccer, Pokémon, and Bo Jackson Battle Arena Tecmo Bowl.

The auction generated 395 total bids, with an average buyer price of $28.03 and a median buyer price of $15.60, including the Fanatics Collect buyer’s premium.

A PSA 10 Lamine Yamal rookie led the auction, followed by an early Bowman Chrome Aaron Judge prospect card and a strong group of current baseball prospects and rookies. Pete Crow-Armstrong attracted the most bidding activity of any card in the lineup, while Junior Caminero placed three different cards inside the upper portion of the results.

Weekly Auction #242 at a Glance

Listings sold: 59
Total bids: 395
Average buyer price: $28.03
Median buyer price: $15.60
Listings at $30 or less: 43

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 Donruss FIFA Lamine Yamal Rookie #177 PSA 10 Gem Mint

Hammer price: $135
Buyer price: $162
Bids: 13

Lamine Yamal finished as the top result in Weekly Auction #242, with his 2023 Donruss FIFA Rookie PSA 10 Gem Mint reaching a $135 hammer price and $162 buyer price on 13 bids.

Soccer represented only a small portion of this week’s lineup, but Yamal once again showed that a major international name can compete directly with the strongest baseball cards in the auction.

The card also had two things collectors tend to respond well to with younger stars: an early rookie issue and a PSA 10 Gem Mint grade.

2014 Bowman Chrome Refractor Aaron Judge Prospect #CTP-39 CGC 9.5 Mint+

Hammer price: $92
Buyer price: $110.40
Bids: 16

Aaron Judge finished second overall with his 2014 Bowman Chrome Refractor Prospect CGC 9.5 Mint+ reaching a $110.40 buyer price on 16 bids.

The result continued something we have seen repeatedly in recent auctions: early-career Bowman Chrome cards of established stars can hold strong collector appeal even when they are not the player’s flagship rookie and/or first professional card.

Judge’s combination of player stature, Bowman Chrome, Refractor finish, and strong grade gave the card several different reasons for collectors to compete.

2025 Bowman Chrome Jesus Made Prospect #BCP-50 PSA 10 Gem Mint

Hammer price: $86
Buyer price: $103.20
Bids: 8

Jesus Made’s Bowman Chrome Prospect PSA 10 became the third card of the week to cross the $100 buyer-price mark, finishing at $103.20.

For a player still firmly in the prospect stage, that result stood out.

It also reinforced how much value the market can place on the combination of Bowman Chrome, prospect status, and a PSA 10 grade when collectors believe there is meaningful upside behind the player.

2025 Bowman Chrome Draft Lazer Refractor Seth Hernandez Prospect #BDC-25 PSA 10 Gem Mint

Hammer price: $78
Buyer price: $93.60
Bids: 14

Seth Hernandez finished just behind Made at a $93.60 buyer price on 14 bids.

The Lazer Refractor gave this card an additional layer of visual appeal over a standard Bowman Chrome prospect card, while the PSA 10 grade helped keep condition out of the equation.

Fourteen bids also made it one of the most actively contested cards in the entire auction.

2024 Bowman Chrome Mega Box Junior Caminero Rookie #56 PSA 10 Gem Mint

Hammer price: $64
Buyer price: $76.80
Bids: 9

Junior Caminero rounded out the top five with his Bowman Chrome Mega Box Rookie PSA 10 reaching a $76.80 buyer price.

Caminero actually produced several notable results this week, giving us a useful look at how collectors separated different cards of the same young star.

His standard Topps Chrome rookie reached $69.60, the Finest rookie finished at $44.40, and the Purple Holo Foilboard /799 reached $32.40.

That spread becomes especially useful when thinking about how product, grade, and card type shape demand around the same player.

Most Active Bidding

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

Complete Results by Category

Baseball Results

• Aaron Judge — 2014 Bowman Chrome Refractor Prospect CGC 9.5 — $110.40 buyer / $92 hammer
• Jesus Made — 2025 Bowman Chrome Prospect PSA 10 — $103.20 / $86
• Seth Hernandez — 2025 Bowman Chrome Draft Lazer Refractor Prospect PSA 10 — $93.60 / $78
• Junior Caminero — 2024 Bowman Chrome Mega Box Rookie PSA 10 — $76.80 / $64
• Junior Caminero — 2024 Topps Chrome Rookie PSA 10 — $69.60 / $58
• Spencer Jones — 2023 Bowman 1st Edition Prospect PSA 10 — $67.20 / $56
• Pete Crow-Armstrong — 2024 Topps Royal Blue Rookie PSA 8 — $58.80 / $49
• Nolan McLean — 2026 Topps Chrome Silver Pack ’91 Rookie PSA 10 — $56.40 / $47
• Junior Caminero — 2024 Finest Rookie PSA 10 — $44.40 / $37
• Johnny Bench — 2025 Topps Chrome Update Silver Pack Orange /25 PSA 10 — $44.40 / $37
• Sammy Sosa — 2025 Topps Chrome Update Silver Pack Black /10 PSA 9 — $39.60 / $33
• Nick Kurtz — 2025 Stadium Club Rookie PSA 10 — $36 / $30
• Cal Raleigh — 2022 Topps Chrome Rookie PSA 10 — $34.80 / $29
• Junior Caminero — 2024 Topps Update Purple Holo Foilboard /799 PSA 9 — $32.40 / $27
• Max Fried — 2023 Topps All Aces CGC 10 — $31.20 / $26
• Ken Griffey Jr. — 2000 MLB Showdown 1st Edition PSA 8 — $28.80 / $24
• Shohei Ohtani — 2024 Stadium Club Black Foil PSA 8 — $27.60 / $23
• Aaron Judge — 2023 Topps Update Black Gold CGC 9 — $24 / $20
• Jacob Wilson — 2025 Stadium Club In Case of Emergency Rookie PSA 9 — $22.80 / $19
• Nolan Ryan — 2013 Topps ’72 Minis PSA 9 — $21.60 / $18
• Aaron Judge — 2025 Topps Greatest Hits Pink Foil CGC 10 — $21.60 / $18
• Aaron Judge — 2024 Topps Update Mystical CGC 9.5 — $21.60 / $18
• Mike Trout — 2025 Topps Heritage Clubhouse Collection Relic PSA 8 — $19.20 / $16
• Jonah Tong — 2026 Topps Rainbow Foil Rookie PSA 10 — $19.20 / $16
• Vladimir Guerrero — 2003 Topps Hobby Masters PSA 8 — $19.20 / $16
• Bo Jackson — 1988 Topps CGC 9 — $18 / $15
• Rickey Henderson — 1993 Select PSA 9 — $15.60 / $13
• Derek Jeter — 2006 Ultra Gold PSA 8 — $13.20 / $11
• Mike Trout — 2013 Topps Sliding PSA 9 — $13.20 / $11
• Barry Bonds — 1989 Fleer PSA 8 — $13.20 / $11
• Ethan Holliday — 2026 Bowman Chrome Prospect CGC 10 — $13.20 / $11
• Barry Bonds — 1990 Leaf PSA 9 — $13.20 / $11
• Ken Griffey Jr. — 2002 Fleer Focus PSA 8 — $13.20 / $11
• Luis Gonzalez — 2005 Upper Deck ESPN PSA 10 — $12 / $10
• Bobby Witt Jr. — 2024 Topps ’89 Foil PSA 8 — $12 / $10
• Edgar Martinez — 2002 MLB Showdown Foil PSA 9 — $12 / $10
• Carlos Beltran — 2025 Topps T205 Wood Stock PSA 9 — $10.80 / $9
• Junior Caminero — 2024 Topps Heritage Rookie PSA 9 — $10.80 / $9
• Darryl Strawberry — 1989 Fleer All-Stars PSA 8 — $10.80 / $9
• Derek Jeter — 2001 Fleer Ritz Oreo All-Star Red Border PSA 7 — $9.60 / $8
• Chipper Jones — 1998 Donruss PSA 9 — $9.60 / $8
• Yu Darvish — 2013 Topps Chasing History PSA 9 — $9.60 / $8
• Bernie Williams — 1993 Select PSA 9 — $8.40 / $7
• Edgar Martinez — 2002 Fleer Focus JE International Diamond Co. PSA 8 — $8.40 / $7
• Matt Williams — 1991 Fleer PSA 8 — $7.20 / $6
• Larry Walker — 1998 Donruss PSA 8 — $7.20 / $6
• Manny Ramirez — 1998 Donruss PSA 8 — $7.20 / $6
• Jim Edmonds — 2004 Ultra PSA 9 — $7.20 / $6
• John Olerud — 1997 Stadium Club PSA 6 — $7.20 / $6
• Willie Mays — 1997 Topps Mays Finest Reprints ’53 CGC 7 — $7.20 / $6
• Kyle Stowers — 2023 Topps 1st Edition Rookie BGS 9 — $6 / $5
• Jeff Kent — 2002 MLB Showdown CGC 9 — $6 / $5

Football Results

• C.J. Stroud — 2023 Topps Chrome Composite ’73 Lazer Refractor Rookie PSA 9 — $26.40 buyer / $22 hammer
• Deion Sanders — 1996 Collector’s Choice PSA 9 — $14.40 / $12

Basketball Results

• Shaquille O’Neal — 1992 Ultra Rookie PSA 8 — $15.60 buyer / $13 hammer
• Shaquille O’Neal — 1993 Fleer PSA 6 — $10.80 / $9

Soccer Results

• Lamine Yamal — 2023 Donruss FIFA Rookie PSA 10 — $162 buyer / $135 hammer

Pokémon Results

• Charizard V — 2020 Pokémon Sword & Shield Champion’s Path ETB Promo CGC 8 — $10.80 buyer / $9 hammer

Bo Jackson Battle Arena Tecmo Bowl Results

• Skatter — 2026 1st Edition Red Battlefoil CGC 10 — $7.20 buyer / $6 hammer

Collector-Friendly Results

Weekly Auction #242 offered a wide range of price points despite a noticeably stronger group at the top.

Of the 59 sold listings, 43 finished at buyer prices of $30 or less, including 32 at $18 or less.

The median buyer price finished at $15.60, compared with an average of $28.03.

That gap reflects how much the upper end of the auction influenced the average. Several cards reached the $50–$100+ range, while the majority of the lineup remained firmly in accessible territory.

Collectors were still able to pick up graded cards of Derek Jeter, Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey Jr., Mike Trout, Bobby Witt Jr., Shaquille O’Neal, Rickey Henderson, Willie Mays, and several other recognizable names without moving into premium price territory.

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.

Auction #242 gave us several particularly useful examples.

Holiday Weekends Can Create Opportunity

One piece of context worth mentioning before we dig into the specific takeaways is the timing of this week’s auction.

Auction #242 closed over Labor Day weekend, when plenty of collectors were likely traveling, grilling, watching games, or simply spending less time following auctions.

In our experience, holiday weekends can be some of the better times to bid.

We’re not saying every card will—or should—be a bargain, but reduced attention can occasionally create softer spots, especially on cards that do not have enough momentum to keep themselves at the top of a bidder’s watch list.

With 43 of the 59 cards finishing at $30 or less, including several recognizable stars and Hall of Fame names, there were certainly opportunities this week for patient bidders to find value.

From the buy side, we tend to like these weekends for exactly that reason: when fewer people are watching every listing closely, disciplined bidders can sometimes find opportunities that are harder to come by on a normal Sunday night.

From the sell side, we generally look at it a little differently.

If the sole goal is maximizing an auction result, a major holiday weekend would probably not be our first choice for an ending date unless the item has some specific connection to the holiday. Fewer eyes can mean less competition, and the bidders who do show up are often the ones disciplined enough to stick closely to their numbers.

So why did we list this week?

Because this is what we do every week.

And while we would be lying if we said profit does not matter, not every decision has to be about squeezing every possible dollar out of a card. Consistency matters too, and part of running these auctions is continuing to put cards in front of collectors whether it is a normal Sunday or a holiday weekend.

Prospect and Rookie Demand Controlled the Top of the Auction

One of the clearest differences between this week and Auction #241 was the composition of the top results.

Lamine Yamal, Jesus Made, Seth Hernandez, Junior Caminero, Spencer Jones, Pete Crow-Armstrong, and Nolan McLean all finished among the stronger sales.

That made the upper end of #242 much more youth-driven than last week’s auction.

The interesting part is that this was not simply one prospect getting hot.

Collectors competed across several different stages of the development curve: established young stars, major-league rookies, and players still working their way through the prospect ranks.

The cards were different too—Bowman Chrome, Bowman 1st Edition, flagship Topps, Topps Chrome, and soccer.

What tied many of the strongest results together was a combination of youth, collector momentum, recognizable products, and strong grades.

That is the appeal—and the risk—of prospecting in a nutshell. When collectors believe in both the player and the card, demand can become very competitive very quickly.

Pete Crow-Armstrong Showed Again That the Grade Is Only Part of the Card

The most-bid-on card in the entire auction was not a PSA 10.

It was Pete Crow-Armstrong’s 2024 Topps Royal Blue Rookie PSA 8, which received 21 bids before reaching a $58.80 buyer price.

That is worth highlighting.

Modern collectors understandably place a premium on high grades, but the PCA result showed that an 8 does not automatically eliminate demand when the underlying card has enough going for it.

This was a recognizable rookie, a desirable Cubs color-match parallel, and a player collectors clearly wanted exposure to while putting together a strong case near the top of the NL MVP conversation.

Twenty-one bids suggest buyers were evaluating the entire package rather than simply stopping at the number on the label.

That fits an important point we have discussed in recent weeks and will continue to emphasize: grade matters, but it needs to be understood in the context of the card.

Junior Caminero Gave Us a Useful Same-Player Comparison

Five different Junior Caminero cards sold in Auction #242:

• Bowman Chrome Mega Box Rookie PSA 10 — $76.80
• Topps Chrome Rookie PSA 10 — $69.60
• Finest Rookie PSA 10 — $44.40
• Topps Update Purple Holo Foilboard /799 PSA 9 — $32.40
• Topps Heritage Rookie PSA 9 — $10.80

That is an unusually useful spread.

Same player. Same general stage of his career. Same auction.

Yet the cards produced dramatically different results.

The lesson is not that one brand is always better than another. It is that collectors assign very different values to product, card type, parallel, and grade even when the player remains constant.

The two PSA 10 Chrome products separated themselves at the top, while the PSA 9 Heritage card finished at only $10.80.

That is a good reminder that “buying the player” and “buying the card” are not always the same decision.

Scarcity Still Needs a Market Behind It

Johnny Bench’s Orange Silver Pack /25 PSA 10 finished at $44.40, while Sammy Sosa’s Black Silver Pack /10 PSA 9 reached $39.60.

On paper, the Sosa card was substantially scarcer.

But the Bench card still finished higher.

There are a few reasonable explanations. The PSA 10 carries a premium over the PSA 9, and Bench’s Hall of Fame status gives him a different collector profile than Sosa.

The important point is that serial numbering alone did not determine the hierarchy.

We have seen this repeatedly in recent auctions: scarcity can amplify demand, but it does not create demand by itself.

A /10 is not automatically worth more than a /25 simply because the denominator is smaller.

Collectors still have to want the card.

There was another lesson here for us personally.

We acquired both cards near the beginning of baseball season, when the product was new and interest around the release was much stronger. We submitted them for grading in February and did not receive them back until roughly six months later.

A lot can change in six months.

Numerous baseball products had been released in the meantime, the novelty of this particular release had faded, and other sports were beginning to compete for collector attention.

That is one of the hidden risks of long grading turnaround times: you are not only betting on the card and the grade—you are also betting that the market you bought into will still look similar when the card comes back.

The Average and Median Told Two Different Stories

Auction #242 had an average buyer price of $28.03, but the median was only $15.60.

That is a fairly wide gap.

The reason becomes clear when looking at the top of the results: Yamal reached $162, Judge $110.40, Jesus Made $103.20, and Seth Hernandez $93.60.

Those stronger results pulled the average upward, even though more than half the auction finished below $18.

This is why we like showing both numbers.

An average can make an auction look more expensive than the experience of the typical buyer actually was, while the median gives a better sense of where the middle of the market sat.

This week had a genuinely strong upper end without losing the accessibility that has characterized many of our recent auctions.

It is also a useful reminder that there are still plenty of affordable cards in the hobby.

Social media naturally tends to highlight the record sales, huge flips, and charts that go straight up. After seeing enough of those, it can be easy to feel as though everything worth collecting has become expensive.

But those are usually the results people are most likely to post.

A card selling exactly where everyone expected—or a collector quietly picking up a card they like for $12—does not tend to make the same kind of headline.

The reality is much broader than the highlight reel, and Auction #242 was a good example of that.

Final Takeaway

Weekly Auction #242 showed a market that was willing to stretch for the right younger players while remaining selective about the individual cards.

Lamine Yamal led the auction, Aaron Judge’s early Bowman Chrome Refractor crossed $100, and prospects such as Jesus Made and Seth Hernandez produced strong results. At the same time, Pete Crow-Armstrong showed that a PSA 8 can still generate significant competition when collectors like the underlying card, while Junior Caminero’s multiple results demonstrated just how differently the market can price cards of the same player.

The upper end was stronger than we have seen in some recent weeks, but 43 of the 59 cards still sold for $30 or less.

That combination made Auction #242 particularly interesting.

The holiday weekend may have created a few softer spots, but collectors still competed aggressively for the cards they really wanted. Younger stars and prospects controlled much of the top end, while the majority of the auction remained accessible.

That is a market we continue to like: selective at the top, active in the middle, and still full of opportunities for collectors who are willing to look beyond the headline sales.