Chase cards have taken center stage in the hobby recently.
On Nov. 15, the Pirates made a massive trade offer for Paul Skenes’ Rookie Debut Patch card.
???????????????? ????????: Paul Skenes & Livvy Dunne trading cards have arrived… pic.twitter.com/UB7gOsIhxV
— Topps (@Topps) November 21, 2024
Three days later, cllct gave its five predictions for the next great chase card. And it looks like we guessed one correctly.
Topps announced Thursday a Topps NOW 1/1 dual autograph of Skenes with his girlfriend and LSU All-American gymnast, Livvy Dunne. The photo on the card was taken when Skenes was named the National League Rookie of the Year this week.
Base variations for the Skenes-Dunne card are available for just 24 hours and retail for $11.99 each. Numbered parallels include Blue /49, Purple /25, Red /10 and Orange /5, with the Gold 1/1 replacing the base card for one order.
How much will this card be worth? That’s up in the air.
Skenes is among the hottest names in the hobby, and depending on where the season tickets that were offered by the Pirates are located, Pittsburgh could be paying upward of $2 million in value for the Rookie Debut Patch.
This dual autograph is likely nowhere near that number, but there certainly seems to be a lot of craze around Skenes as well as Dunne.
Dunne currently ranks second in the NIL valuation rankings among all college and high school athletes, behind only Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders.
Matt Liberman is a reporter and video producer for cllct.