LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 01: Yoshinobu Yamamoto #18 of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches against the Boston Red Sox at Dodger Stadium on August 01, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images) GettyA one-of-a-kind Yoshinobu Yamamoto card has become the second-most expensive card of the Los Angeles Dodgers ace ever sold publicly.The 2025 Topps Dynasty Autographed MLB Logo Patch card, featuring Yamamoto’s signature and a game-used MLB Logoman patch, sold through Goldin for $196,400. The card is serial-numbered 1-of-1.That price trails only the $461,160 paid in March 2026 for Yamamoto’s 2024 Bowman Chrome Image Variation Autographs Superfractor rookie card. That card, also a 1-of-1, was graded BGS Mint 9 and drew 50 bids at Goldin.For collectors, the latest result provides another indication that Yamamoto has moved into a different tier of the modern baseball card market.Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s SECOND most expensive trading card ever 👀This 1/1 2025 Topps Dynasty Yoshinobu Yamamoto MLB Logoman Auto just sold for $196.4K on Goldin 🔥 pic.twitter.com/3fql7HdHP8— Sports Card Investor (@SportsCardInv) August 16, 2026Yamamoto’s $196,400 Card Has Several High-End Hobby FeaturesThe appeal of the Topps Dynasty card is easy to see.It combines three attributes collectors routinely chase at the highest end of the modern hobby: a 1-of-1 serial number, an autograph and a game-used MLB Logoman patch.Unlike Yamamoto’s record-setting Bowman Chrome card, the Dynasty card is not from his 2024 rookie-card season. That makes the nearly $200,000 result particularly notable.Rookie cards generally carry added significance for collectors, especially when combined with a coveted parallel such as a Superfractor. Yamamoto’s record card checked both of those boxes and featured his autograph as well.The Dynasty sale shows that demand is not limited to Yamamoto’s rookie material. A visually distinctive 1-of-1 with premium memorabilia can still command six figures.The jump is also striking compared with another prominent Yamamoto 1-of-1 sale from late 2025. A rare autographed Yamamoto card pulled by New York Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns sold for $72,000 at Fanatics Collect. MLB.com later cited that sale while chronicling the high-end Dodgers card market.At $196,400, the latest Dynasty sale is more than twice that amount.Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s Card Market Has Changed QuicklyYamamoto’s rise in the hobby has coincided with his rapid accumulation of major-league accomplishments.After arriving from Japan, the right-hander helped the Dodgers win the 2024 World Series. His profile climbed even higher in 2025, when he delivered a dominant postseason and earned World Series MVP honors.Among his October highlights was a complete game against the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Championship Series. He then made three appearances in the World Series and ultimately recorded the final outs of the championship in relief. Sports Illustrate
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