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NBA Top Shot continues to go wild, super rookie "Zion Williamson" card priced at $1 million! Collector: Not for sale

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NBA Top Shot continues to go wild, super rookie "Zion Williamson" card priced at $1 million! Collector: Not for sale

A prominent NFT collector recently revealed in an interview that he was once offered $1 million to sell his NBA Top Shot trading card, a proposition he promptly turned down.

Would You Sell for $1 Million?

A digital art collector named "jerlevine" purchased a rookie card of Zion Williamson, also known as "Fat Tiger," for $100,000 on January 25th. The card is a legendary card pulled from the HOLOMMX series pack. Currently, cards from this series are being sold in the market for prices ranging from $38,000 to $250,000.

The price of the card varies depending on factors like the serial number, with cards numbered 1 or matching the player's jersey number selling for higher prices in the market. The card purchased by jerlevine is numbered 1, matching Zion Williamson's jersey number 1, significantly increasing the card's value.

In an interview, jerlevine mentioned that someone offered him $1 million to buy the number 1 Zion Williamson card, but he turned down the offer:

"Someone offered me $1 million for the number 1 Zion card. If I hadn't been confident enough at the time, I might have sold it."

If the card had indeed been sold for $1 million at the time, it would have broken the record for the highest transaction in NBA Top Shot history.

Dapper Labs CEO: We Were Not Prepared

Since the beta launch in October 2020, NBA Top Shot has accumulated a large number of users and funds. Even people outside the cryptocurrency market have jumped in to buy or trade cards. Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou previously mentioned in aninterview that the team was not prepared for the explosive demand. While the team hoped NBA Top Shot would attract widespread attention, they did not expect it to happen so quickly, leading to the team being overwhelmed. New user registrations and KYC verifications were temporarily halted, and withdrawal waiting times were extended.

"This is insane. We anticipated exponential growth, but not this fast. I think there are many things we were not prepared for."