Abby’s Seattle Mariners Jimothy rookie card turned into a five-figure resale item after the 13-year-old received the one-of-one gold version at T-Mobile Park and later listed it on eBay. On Sunday night, that card sold for $20,100 after drawing 100 bids.
Seattle Mariners Jimothy rookie card
The sale is the clearest measure yet of how far the giveaway card traveled after Jimothy went viral in July and the Mariners turned that attention into Jimothy Night on Aug. 5. The team handed out 20,000 cards that night, but Abby’s copy was the singular gold-bordered version, the kind of rarity that can turn a free promo into a market event.
Abby and her family did not realize what they had until nearby fans told them the card was one of a kind. A Mariners staffer then tried to work out a deal on behalf of George Kirby, but the family ultimately listed the card for auction instead, letting the bidding decide the price.
Jessie Nino and the sale
Jessie Nino tried to keep the family’s intentions grounded: “I was just like, ‘Look, guys … nobody’s trying to get rich off this,'” she said. That line sits at the center of the story, because the card’s resale value moved far beyond a souvenir and into the range of a collectible asset.
“But if we can leverage this for Abby’s college or Abby’s future home purchase, we’re going to be smart about it,” Nino said. That is the practical part readers should watch: the money is real, the auction is over, and the family’s next move is financial rather than ceremonial.
100 bids, $20,100
The final sale topped the prior high mark for stadium giveaway cards, which had been $19,800 for a L.A. Dodgers One Piece giveaway card sold in February. It also outpaced the market for the more common Jimothy cards, which have sold for $25 and up, while a version limited to 100 copies has reached as much as $850.
Topps has already put out a similar raccoon card called Raquinho in 2024, but the public record there is much thinner: a one-of-one version exists, yet it has never sold publicly, and the record public sale for a Raquinho card is $202 for a parallel numbered to 10. For Abby, that leaves one clean conclusion from Sunday night’s auction — a free promotional card tied to a viral raccoon can command a price that changes the scale of the whole giveaway market.
