Heritage Auctions Aug. 21 to 23 Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction rewrote the record books across the collecting world, realizing $62,963,254, making it the largest sports auction ever held. The total broke the previous record for the worlds largest sports auction, set in 2024 when Heritages Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction, which featured the photo-matched jersey Babe Ruth wore when he hit his Called Shot home run in the 1932 World Series, achieved $61,645,972. This was a landmark event for the entire sports-collecting hobby, bringing together extraordinary material from across generations and virtually every major collecting category, remarked Chris Ivy, Heritages director of sports auctions. The record-setting auction total and more than 200 individual auction records reflect both the exceptional quality of the offerings and the remarkable passion and confidence of collectors around the world who see Heritage as their priority destination for top sports collectibles. The three-day event was led by one of the hobbys ultimate rarities: a 1909-11 T206 Piedmont Honus Wagner SGC Authentic, one of just three known with the prized Piedmont advertising back, which sold for $5,856,000. The result set a record as the highest price ever paid for any Wagner card graded Authentic. The T206 Wagner that topped the auction occupies a place within the tiny surviving population of the hobbys so-called Holy Grail. Nearly all known Wagners carry a Sweet Caporal advertising back. Every T206 Honus Wagner is a cornerstone of the hobby, but this card stands apart even within that legendary group. Its status as one of just three known examples with a Piedmont back, combined with provenance that reaches back to the earliest days of the organized baseball-card market, makes it an extraordinary artifact. The $5.856 million result confirms that collectors recognize the profound rarity and historical significance of this remarkable card, said Ivy. The Wagner was followed by a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 PSA NM-MT 8, MBA Silver, which sold for $3,721,000, setting a record for the PSA 8 grade and surpassing the previous mark by more than $1.2 million. The cards PSA NM-MT 8 grade already places it among the finest surviving examples of the most coveted postwar baseball card, while its additional Mike Baker Diamond designation further separates it within the grade. There are 14 examples to have received a higher PSA grade. A PSA NM 7 example sold for $716,750. On the heels of this summers FIFA World Cup, one of the most famous objects in global sports history, the photo-matched 1986 Diego Maradona Hand of God and Goal of the Century game-used soccer ball, realized $3,355,000, a record for any non-jersey soccer item. Maradonas influence extended beyond the record-setting match ball. A 1979 Panini Calciatori Maradona #312 PSA Gem Mint 10, MBA Silver realized $225,700, establishing a record for any Maradona card. The example stands alone at the top of PSAs population report. The auctions fourth seven-figure card result belonged to Babe Ruth. A 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth #181 PSA Mint 9 brought $1,525,000. Six examples have reached that grade, with only one certified higher. The card comes from Goudeys landmark 240-card issue, one of the foundational releases of the Bubble Gum era and a set that featured Ruth four different times. Game-worn material supplied several of the auctions defining results. A 1963 Sandy Koufax game-worn Los Angeles Dodgers jersey, graded MEARS A8.5 and photo-matched to multiple moments from one of the greatest pitching seasons in baseball history, sold for $1,311,500. The jersey has been matched to Koufaxs 20th victory of the 1963 season and to Game 4 of the World Series, when he defeated the Yankees to complete the Dodgers sweep. Michael Jordan was one of the auctions strongest draws. A 2006 Fleer Michael Jordan 1986 Rookie Buyback Autograph #57 BGS NM-MT+ 8.5, BAS Auto 10, numbered 11/23, went for $1,204,750. Fleer originally issued Jordans iconic rookie unsigned before selecting 23 examples for a 2006 autograph promotion, creating one of the most coveted signed versions of the card. A 1915 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson #103 PSA NM-MT 8 brought $747,250. Only two examples have ever graded higher, underscoring the difficulty of finding the fragile issue in such remarkable condition. That same price, $747,250, was realized by a photo-matched and signed 2006-07 Kobe Bryant game-worn Los Angeles Lakers jersey from his first season wearing No. 24. MeiGray matched the jersey to numerous games during Bryants 31.6-point-per-game campaign, including contests in which he scored 45 against Washington, 35 against Philadelphia and 34 against San Antonio. One of boxings most significant garments also delivered a heavyweight result. Muhammad Alis photo-matched robe from the 1975 Thrilla in Manila against Joe Frazier, signed twice by Ali, realized $549,000. The white satin robe with blue trim was worn into the ring for the exhausting 14-round bout that remains one of the defining fights in boxing history. Football produced many of the new records, including, a one-of-one 1998 Metal Universe Barry Sanders Gem Master #20 PSA NM 7, MBA Gold that realized $512,400, setting a record for any item associated with the Detroit Lions legend. The card was issued during Sanders final NFL season and represents the pinnacle parallel from one of the defining football-card products of the 1990s. Records also were set on the hardwood. Among them were a photo-matched 2018-19 Luka Doncic game-worn Dallas Mavericks rookie jersey that reached $414,800, setting a record for any Doncic item. The jersey was matched to nine games during his Rookie of the Year season. A 2025 Cooper Flagg game-worn Dallas Mavericks rookie jersey, photo-matched to multiple games including a 35-point performance against the Los Angeles Clippers, sold for $329,400, a record for any Flagg item. Complete results can be found at www.HA.com/50087.