Fanatics and Sotheby's are partnering on a new set of live and online auctions that will feature some of the rarest and most expensive trading cards across all sports.
Sotheby's is engaging with a new, younger set of bidders through unique sports items, as well as resurfacing a love of sports with collectors of fine art, wine and cars. Sotheby's has increasingly leaned into sports, something that Brahm Wachter, Sotheby's head of Modern Collectables, said is one of the auction house's fastest-growing categories.a pair of Muhammad Ali's shorts from his legendary"Thrilla in Manila" match from 1975 and a Kobe Bryant Los Angeles Lakers jersey from Game 1 of the 2009 NBA Finals.