Teen’s uncommon gold Jimothy rookie card fetches a fortune on eBay public sale

A 13-year-old Seattle Mariners fan turned a free ballpark giveaway right into a five-figure payday after a uncommon rookie card that includes town’s viral raccoon sensation offered for a whopping $21,100.

The one-of-one gold “Jimothy” rookie card offered on eBay Sunday night time after drawing 100 bids, remodeling a unusual Mariners promotion into an sudden $21,100 payday for the younger fan.

The bidding began at simply 99 cents earlier than skyrocketing previous $21,000 in a matter of days.

The card belonged to 13-year-old Mariners fan Abby, who landed the coveted gold model after the crew capitalized on the sudden fame of Jimothy, an unusually formed raccoon whose appearances round Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood have turned him into an unlikely native movie star.

The Mariners confirmed to Fox News Digital that Abby’s golden ticket or, on this case, golden card was tucked amongst 1000’s handed out throughout the crew’s Aug. 5 promotion.

“Talk about a one-of-a-kind pull,” T-Mobile Park wrote in a social media submit saying Abby’s discover alongside photographs of {the teenager} holding up the uncommon card.

The Mariners introduced July 29 that “Jimothy is taking over” T-Mobile Park as a part of a particular promotion scheduled for Aug. 5.

The first 20,000 followers by means of the gates have been set to obtain a Jimothy rookie card, the crew stated, with a number of rarer “chase cards” blended into the giveaway.

“Among the 20,000 cards, we had collection of ‘chase cards’ which were headlined by the 1-of-1 gold card that Abby took home,” the Mariners instructed Fox News Digital. 

Fans might additionally buy a particular ticket package deal that included a Jimothy T-shirt, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Ballard Food Bank.

But among the many 1000’s of playing cards handed out was the final word prize: the pristine, one-of-one gold Jimothy rookie card that finally ended up with Abby.

The teenager later put the cardboard up for public sale on eBay, the place collectors shortly drove up the worth.

After opening at $0.99, the public sale steadily climbed into the 1000’s earlier than finally closing at $21,100 Sunday following 100 bids.

Several Jimothy and Seattle Mariner’s fan pages claimed the proceeds from the sale are anticipated to go towards Abby’s faculty fund.

The frenzy is the most recent chapter within the unlikely rise of Jimothy, a raccoon believed to have a uncommon situation referred to as Short Spine Syndrome that offers him his distinctive compact look.

Jimothy turned an web sensation in July after movies confirmed the small, spherical raccoon wandering by means of Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood.

Videos of the critter shortly racked up hundreds of thousands of views as residents documented him scurrying throughout streets, showing in backyards and roaming the neighborhood.

Despite his uncommon look, Jimothy appeared wholesome and lively, Fox 13 Seattle previously reported.

Dmitriy Ishimskiy, a Ballard resident who captured footage of the raccoon and stated Jimothy often visited his property, instructed Storyful in July that the animal had shortly grow to be a neighborhood star.

“Over the past week, Jimothy has become a local celebrity, and I feel lucky to have captured this moment on video,” Ishimskiy stated.

The Mariners quickly joined the Jimothy craze, bringing the viral raccoon from the streets of Ballard to the ballpark with Jimothy-themed occasions in August.