Player sales board | 10 ranked results
See the 10 most expensive John Havlicek basketball cards ranked by public sale price. Each result includes source context, followed by the rookie and grail lanes collectors use to understand the market.
Record sale
$100,655
Oct 28, 2018
1969/70 Topps #20 John Havlicek Rookie Card – PSA GEM MT 10 "1 of 2!"
Record sales
Updated July 23, 2026
$100,655
Direct sale record
This Goldin result is a useful John Havlicek rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
$62,220
Direct sale record
This documented Goldin result earns a top-ten spot because it gives collectors a concrete public benchmark for one of John Havlicek's stronger card lanes.
$18,404
Linked source report
This documented Mile High result earns a top-ten spot because it gives collectors a concrete public benchmark for one of John Havlicek's stronger card lanes.
$18,404
Dec 2, 2022
$15,975
Direct sale record
This Fanatics Weekly result is a useful John Havlicek rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
$15,975
Jan 17, 2021
$15,689
Direct sale record
This Fanatics Weekly result is a useful John Havlicek rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
$15,689
Mar 30, 2021
$14,030
Direct sale record
This Heritage result is a useful John Havlicek rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
$12,810
Direct sale record
This Heritage sale is primarily a condition-scarcity benchmark, showing what a top-grade copy can command in John Havlicek's established card hierarchy.
$12,584
Direct sale record
This documented eBay result earns a top-ten spot because it gives collectors a concrete public benchmark for one of John Havlicek's stronger card lanes.
$12,300
Direct sale record
This Goldin result is a useful John Havlicek rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
$11,984
Direct sale record
This eBay result is a useful John Havlicek rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
Collector context
Record-sale context
This Goldin result is a useful John Havlicek rookie-market benchmark because it ties first-year relevance to a specific grade, parallel, or premium product.
Rookie-card benchmark
1969-70 Topps John Havlicek rookie #20 in centered PSA 7 is the first card to understand in John Havlicek's market.
How the market is layered
Havlicek combines eight titles, one-team identity, and a genuinely important tall-boy rookie. The mainstream 1969 Topps card carries liquidity, while the 1968 Test is a specialist trophy that demands authentication and patience. On the current public-sales board, 1969/70 Topps #20 John Havlicek Rookie Card – PSA GEM MT 10 "1 of 2!" sets the observable trophy reference. Use that result to map John Havlicek's market across rookie cards, scarce parallels, autographs, and premium memorabilia cards; compare cards only within the same product, year, serial-number, grade, and sale-type lane.
Cards that define the market
Where collectors get it wrong
Team legacy can make ordinary later Havlicek cards feel more important than they are; the serious market stays in the two early Topps lanes. Before using a John Havlicek result as a comp, verify the exact product, parallel, serial number, grade, autograph and memorabilia wording, and sale type. A headline result such as 1969/70 Topps #20 John Havlicek Rookie Card – PSA GEM MT 10 "1 of 2!" documents the trophy ceiling, but it does not automatically establish repeatable value for a different card or a weaker copy.
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