Kobe Bryant Gold Prizm card reportedly sells for $1.11 million

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPer Yahoo Sports, a Kobe Bryant Gold Prizm card reportedly sold for one point one one million dollars through Alt.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTonight's question: is a trading card worth a million dollars, or is that the end of civilization? Chip argues yes. Nina argues no.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRules: ninety seconds each, one speaker at a time, and no arguments about my bean bunker. Chip, you're up.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFolks, it's a rectangle of pure joy! A million dollars is a bargain for something you can hold, like a funnel cake.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTell me a stock certificate ever made you gasp in a gas station. Cards bring people together, like a drive-through line.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt is cardboard with a shiny coating. I have three doctorates and none of them can justify this.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentPer Yahoo Sports, it is a staggering jump.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA million dollars could buy a house. Instead, someone bought a slab of laminated paper that cannot even hold leftovers.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRebuttals. Chip, thirty seconds. Please keep the funnel cake out of it.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNina, you can't live in a house forever, but you can stare at a card forever! That's called value, my friend.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentStaring at it forever is exactly my concern. Chip, you'd pay a million for a coupon if it had a mascot on it.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSurprise evidence from the data. Yahoo Sports reports this was a BGS nine point five example. Another one went for far less in twenty twenty-two.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSo the same card grade jumped in four years? That's not collecting, that's a cardboard fever dream.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOr it's a glow-up! Even a strip mall gets a nice new sign eventually.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLightning round. One line each, alternating. Would you put it in your wallet? Nina first.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNo. My wallet has dignity and a library card.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorYes, right next to my loyalty punch card for subs.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentWould you laminate your lunch receipt?

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAlready did. It's a family heirloom now.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIf it gets wet, is it worth one million or zero?

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNina, nobody lets a million-dollar card near a soda fountain. I'd sooner dunk my own kids.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's the argument I'm banning: dunking relatives. Closing statements. Nina, go.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA million dollars for cardboard means we've lost the plot. Buy a car. Buy a kidney. Do not buy a rectangle.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorEvery great thing starts as a rectangle: a ticket, a menu, a drive-through window. This card is America!

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMy verdict: it's a good idea for exactly one person and a mild disaster for everyone else.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRuling: both of you owe me a trading card.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentI reject the ruling. I demand a recount, and a snack.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI accept, and I'm paying in coupons. Hank, you now own a very sticky one.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDenied. Chat, vote now: is a million-dollar trading card a good idea or the end of civilization?

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorType one for good idea, two for the end.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd chat, tell us the strangest thing you ever collected. Bonus points if it's in a shoebox.