Pulling a near ‘holy grail’ Tom Brady card in a grocery store parking lot? A mere pipe dream for most. For one collector, however, this materialized into one of the finest days of his life.
It began when he bought a box of Topps Flagship at the Dallas Card Show but didn’t open it there. Instead, he waited until he went grocery shopping that day, and it was in the parking lot there that he decided it was time to rip open a few packs.
And lo and behold, the ultra-rare 2026 Topps Flagship Ring of Honor Foilfractor Tom Brady AUTO 1/1was sitting inside one of those packs, waiting for him to open it.
He pulled a 1-of-1 Tom Brady autograph card in a grocery store parking lot 🤯
After buying a box of Topps Flagship at the Dallas Card Show, a collector left before getting the chance to open it.
Later that day, he stopped at a grocery store and decided to rip the box in his… pic.twitter.com/2x6DY6faV6— Fanatics Collect (@Collect) October 19, 2026
It holds considerable significance, as the Ring of Honor inserts that returned in 2026 included four autographed cards. Brady is one of them, given that he is a past Super Bowl MVP.
This card in particular is being used to commemorate his former New England Patriots squad coming back from down 28-3 against the Atlanta Falcons on February 5, 2017, and winning 34-28.
Brady filled the stats sheet that night, throwing for 466 yards, completing 43 of his 62 passing attempts, and throwing for two touchdowns.
The card that the collector pulled is now on Fanatics Collect’s Premier Auction. With less than three days left in the auction, the card is already at $10,500 and has 9 bids.
Given the fact that you could buy yourself a 2011 Toyota Camry Hybrid or a 2013 Cadillac for under $10k, it’s safe to say that this Brady card is worth a pretty penny.
Tom Brady’s Cards Have Sold For Far More
Given that the aforementioned ‘Brady Grail’ was released in 2026, its value isn’t as high as it will be in the years to come.
There are a few other cards featuring the 7x Super Bowl champion that completely blow this card out of the water in terms of monetary worth.
Take the 2000 Playoff Contenders Championship Ticket Tom Brady Autograph Rookie Card (#144), for example. This sold for an otherworldly $2,252,855 at a Lelands auction in 2021.
JUST IN: Tom Brady signed Championship Rookie Ticket card sells at @Lelandsdotcom for $2,252,855. pic.twitter.com/teTEM4vc6Y
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) April 3, 2021
Another is the 2013 Panini Prizm Black Finite Tom Brady (#64) 1-of-1 card (graded PSA 10) that sold for $1,238,080 on September 4, 2026, through an Alt XYZ auction.
It isn’t just cards selling in the millions, however. Brady has staked his claim as a regular in the ‘hundreds of thousands’ playing field as well.
His 2006 Finest SuperFractor 1/1 #105 PSA 10 GEM MINT sold this past September for $336,000 on Fanatics Collect.
All of these sales make sense given that the man featured on the card is the NFL’s unanimous ‘GOAT’. Give the 2026 Ring of Honor Brady a bit more time to simmer, and in a few years, it’s absolutely conceivable for that to inch close to the six/seven figure values mentioned above.
