Messi's barça Rookie Card Sells for Record $1.5m

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A 2004-05 Panini Mega Cracks Lionel Messi rookie card -- assessed a perfect 10 by card grader Professional Sports Authenticator -- was sold for $1.5 million through Fanatics Collect's fledgling private sales network.

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A Panini stock collector won the record for the most expensive transaction. He bought a cardboard with Lionel Messi in 2004 for $1.5 million.

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Jesús VelascoA collection card of Argentine footballer Lionel Messi reached a million dollar figure when it was sold exceeding a million dollars, this in the network of private sales of Fanatics Collect. Lionel Messi's card of the 204-2005 season of the Panini Mega Cracks collection was sold for 1.5 million dollars on the platform mentioned above. The card had a rating of 10, bone in perfect conditions, by the card sorting and validation company…

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A Panini card from the 2004-2005 season, which was awarded to young footballer Lionel Messi, was sold for a $1.5 million bid through the private network of Fanatics Collection sales, after being evaluated by a professional specialist, writes ESPN, quoted by Agerpres.

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An auction card with the young Lionel Messi achieved a record value of 1.5 million dollars, converted to 1.28 million euros. According to ESPN, the perfectly preserved Panini image of the series "Mega Cracks" from the 2004/05 season exceeded