Google AI defines a Grail Card as “a card that is highly sought after due to its rarity, high value, or personal significance to the collector. It represents a pinnacle of the collecting pursuit, often involving a long and dedicated search. The specific card that constitutes a ‘grail’ is subjective and varies from collector to collector.”

Each Happy Hobby Sports Card Newsletter For Collectors has a handful of great sports card subjects, helping sports card collectors working with limited budgets!

Our Patrick Imhoff shares the steps he took to finally add his grail card to his collection: 2005 Upper Deck Sidney Crosby Young Guns Rookie Card PSA 9!

Here are some of the bigger value cards Patrick sold:

* 2024 Bowman Chrome 1st Auto SGC 9.5 Dylan Crews: $200

* 2020-21 Upper Deck Young Guns Kirill Kaprizov: $40

* 2024 Topps Update Black Gold Black /299 Elly De La Cruz: $64

* 2023 Topps Chrome Image Variation SP SGC 10 Shohei Ohtani: $191

* 2023 Bowman Draft 1st Refractor Blue /150 Luke Keaschall: $28

* 2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Macklin Celebrini: $708

* 2021 Bowman Draft 1st Chrome Auto Bubba Chandler: $170

* 2025 Bowman Chrome 1st Refractor Green Shimmer /99 Josue Briceno: $30

* 2022 Bowman Draft 1st paper Green /99 Cole Young: $25

* 2022 Bowman Draft Chrome Mood Ring Superfractor 1/1 Elijah Green: $300

In total, he sold 52 cards between March 24 and June 13 , when he hit his magic number.

We’d love to hear what your grail cards are — and we’re talking about attainable cards, not T206 Honus Wagner! Let’s hear them in the comments below!

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