NY Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu simply achieved one thing no girls’s basketball participant ever has … her rookie card simply grew to become the costliest WNBA card EVER after promoting at public sale!!!

TMZ Sports activities has realized Ionescu’s 2020 Panini Prizm WNBA Black Gold rookie card made historical past on Sunday evening when it bought for $10,800.

Reps for PWCC, which brokered the sale, inform us it is the primary time a WNBA card has netted 5 figures on the block.

As for why it was so coveted … it is one of many rarest Ionescu items ever made — with solely 5 copies in existence.

The cardboard — graded a Gem Mint 10 — is tremendous cool … it options the 25-year-old celebrity dealing with the rock on the entrance, and on the again, it has a blurb about her faculty profession.

After all, the worth of the cardboard is eyebrow-raising … contemplating she’s solely been within the WNBA since 2020 — however based on PWCC officers, demand for her memorabilia has skyrocketed after NY added some large free brokers, together with Breanna Stewart, this offseason.

“The desk is ready for probably the most thrilling WNBA seasons to this point and Ionescu is true on the forefront,” PWCC exec Jesse Craig stated. “Collectors are anticipating that vitality and pleasure and trying to purchase premier Ionescu playing cards. We’re getting into an fascinating part right here the place provide for these high-end playing cards will not have the ability to match the demand.”