Goldin Elite Auction Ending May 22-23
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/23/2021
This lot closes on May 22nd, 2021 at 10:00 PM EDT for initial bids.Graded GEM MT 10 by PSA. Rookie Card. ARod played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball and clobbered 696 home runs – good for fourth all-time in history. Alex Rodriguez’s most popular Rookie Card is the 1994 SP Foil card and presented here is a rare Foil Die Cut parallel.
The foil board and complex cut out makes this collectible extremely difficult to find in a high grade. Just three 1994 SP Foil Die Cut Alex Rodriguez cards have ever reached PSA’s highest tier – fewer than one percent – according to the company’s census report.
Rodriguez was part of a generation of shortstops that changed the way baseball fans looked at the infielders. At 6-foot-3, the No. 1 overall Draft Pick by the Seattle Mariners should have been too big for the position, but instead he was as smooth in the field just as much as he was fearsome in the box. The 14-time All-Star won three American League Most Valuable Players Awards and won the 2009 World Series with the New York Yankees.
This incredible first-year card is in Gem Mint condition.