2003 Serena Williams trading card sells for record $266,400
A Serena Williams 2003 Netpro signed patch rookie card sold for $266,400 at Goldin Auctions, more than doubling the record for a card featuring a female athlete.
Although Serena was not a rookie in 2003 (the now-40-year-old made her professional debut in 1995), that year’s set was the first in tennis made available to the public in nearly a decade, according to Netpro, and includes the first officially licensed cards for a handful of big names also including Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Venus Williams.
The previous women’s card record, also for a Williams sale, was set in January when a July 1999 SI For Kids Serena Williams rookie card sold for $117,000. Another Williams card from that set sold on ebay in March for more than $91,000.