Tuesday night, at Sotheby's and Fanatics' inaugural "Holy Grails" auction at New York City's Harlem Parish, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft literally paid tribute to Tom Brady.
While sitting beside Brady, Kraft paid $120,000 for a 2000 Playoff Contenders Rookie Ticket Autograph Brady card, graded a 9.5 by card grader SGC with a 10 autograph grade. Kraft's final bid without fees was $100,000, just beating out the next-highest bid of $95,000. Three other Brady cards sold at the auction for a combined total of $813,600 to buyers who wished to remain anonymous.
The auction was set up as a baseball diamond, with bidders -- Brady and Kraft, New York Giants star rookie Malik Nabers, Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan, influencer and WWE wrestler Logan Paul and ESPN's Ryan Clark -- in pews straddling the first and third baseline.