$730,000
1970 Topps #123 Pete Maravich PSA 10
At this level, condition rarity is doing a lot of the work, which is why the very best copies can separate so dramatically from the rest of the supply.
Pete Maravich's biggest public basketball card sales, with the 1970 Topps rookie still doing most of the serious work at the summit of the market. Use this page for the fast collector read: the top public sales, the rookie card that matters most, and the grail cards serious buyers keep circling back to.
Record sales
The ranked list stays simple on purpose so the cards, prices, and collector memory do the talking.
$730,000
At this level, condition rarity is doing a lot of the work, which is why the very best copies can separate so dramatically from the rest of the supply.
$552,000
Vintage and early-career rookie cards still matter because they compress the entire Pete case into one card the hobby already understands.
$330,000
At this level, condition rarity is doing a lot of the work, which is why the very best copies can separate so dramatically from the rest of the supply.

$86,947
Vintage and early-career rookie cards still matter because they compress the entire Pete case into one card the hobby already understands.
$70,150
Star rookie cards matter because they sit at the real beginning of the catalog, even if the broader market sometimes defaults to later mainstream issues.
$67,200
Vintage and early-career rookie cards still matter because they compress the entire Pete case into one card the hobby already understands.
$66,000
At this level, condition rarity is doing a lot of the work, which is why the very best copies can separate so dramatically from the rest of the supply.
$61,000
At this level, condition rarity is doing a lot of the work, which is why the very best copies can separate so dramatically from the rest of the supply.
$59,170
At this level, condition rarity is doing a lot of the work, which is why the very best copies can separate so dramatically from the rest of the supply.
$56,400
At this level, condition rarity is doing a lot of the work, which is why the very best copies can separate so dramatically from the rest of the supply.
Direct answers
What is the most expensive card?
At this level, condition rarity is doing a lot of the work, which is why the very best copies can separate so dramatically from the rest of the supply.
What is the most expensive rookie card?
Maravich's rookie-card answer is still the 1970-71 Topps rookie, with PSA 10 copies creating a true top-shelf vintage lane.
What cards do collectors care about most?
Sales Context