Patriots owner Robert Kraft buys autographed Tom Brady rookie card at auction while sitting with Tom Brady

While he’s collected a lot of memorabilia over the years, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft managed to get his hands on a new piece of Tom Brady history on Tuesday night.

Kraft bought an autographed rookie Brady card for $120,000 on Tuesday at a Sotheby’s and Fanatics auction in New York. The card, which had an impressive 9.5 rating, featured the Patriots quarterback from his first season in the league in 2000. Brady, of course, was at the auction with Kraft and was seated next to him when he bought the card.

The card was one of four Brady trading cards auctioned at the event.

Brady spent the majority of his career with the Patriots, where he helped build one of the greatest dynasties the sport has ever seen. He won six Super Bowls during his 20 seasons with the Patriots, who originally drafted him in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft out of Michigan. He won three Super Bowl titles in his first four years with the franchise, then won three more in a five-year stretch that ended after the 2018 campaign.

The three-time MVP, who won a seventh Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before retiring after the 2022 season, finished his career with a league-record 89,214 yards and 649 touchdowns. He went 219-64 with the Patriots and is set to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame when he becomes eligible in 2028. earlier this summer.

with Fox. He took over as the network’s lead analyst this season and now reports on games each week with Kevin Burkhardt, Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi.

In addition to the Brady cards, there were a number of other notable sales at the auction. A 2018 Shohei Ohtani rookie card opened for $336,000 — more than double its high estimate and setting a new record for an Ohtani trading card. That came just days after the Los Angeles Dodgers star became the first player in league history to hit 50 home runs and grab 50 steals in a single season. Several LeBron James autographed cards also sold, along with an Elly De La Cruz rookie card and a Roberto Clemente rookie card that sold for $840,000.