An 11-year-old card collector from Los Angeles gained attention after rejecting an enticing trade offer from the Pittsburgh Pirates for a unique baseball card of Paul Skenes. The team proposed a 30-year season ticket package and exclusive experiences, but the young fan chose to auction the card instead. Topps announced the decision while also revealing that auction proceeds would support fire relief initiatives in Los Angeles. The collector expressed immense joy over the card, emphasizing its significance over potential value and future opportunities to attend games.
While the collector wrote in a journal entry shared by Topps that nabbing the card was a "dream come true," that dream apparently did not include spending the next three decades attending games at PNC Park.
The team posted on X after the decision that it was "bummed" but offered to have the fan at a game sometime during the 2025 season.
The Pirates offer included: Two Pirates season tickets behind home plate for the next 30 years and the chance to play a softball game on the field.
Fanatics Collect, which will handle the auctioning of the card in March, said it will donate its proceeds from the sale to fire relief funds in the Los Angeles area.
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