Last season, Kon Knueppel made history by becoming the first NBA rookie to lead the league in three-point field goals made in a regular season with 273.
Five months after the Charlotte Hornets’ final regular season game of their 2025-26 campaign, Knueppel once again made history, this time with the sale price of his one-of-one NBA Debut Patch autograph card.
Fanatics Collect announced that they have sold Knueppel’s 2025 Topps Chrome Update Rookie NBA Debut Patch Autograph collectible at an online premier auction for $2,340,000. The PSA 10 AUTO DNA 10 card garnered 62 bidders and is easily Knueppel’s most expensive publicly sold trading card.
Knueppel finished second behind Cooper Flagg in the NBA Rookie of the Year voting. As for the NBA Debut patch cards, the Hornets guard once again lags behind the Dallas Mavericks forward.
Flagg’s version of the Rookie NBA Debut Patch Autograph pulled in an astonishing $8,040,000. Dylan Harper’s version of the same card sold for $2,880,000. The three cards that generated $13.26 million feature the player’s autograph and the debut patch from the jersey they wore during their NBA debut.
Knueppel made his debut against the Brooklyn Nets on October 22, 2025, finishing the game with 11 points and five rebounds. He finished the regular season averaging 18.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game, while shooting 42.5 percent from the three-point arc.
This Knueppel’s Rookie NBA Debut Patch Card Can Buy You a House
Sports trading card values fluctuate, so this one-of-a-kind Kon Knueppel card could decrease in value. However, as it stands, should the winning bidder decide to sell the card once again, he would have enough money to buy a house.
What kind of house? That depends on which state you are looking at. A September 2025 Luxury Housing Report by Realtor.com revealed that $2.3 million is enough to buy a 4,530-square-foot home in Atlanta, Georgia, and a 4,272-square-foot residence in Denver, Colorado.
It is also enough to buy a 1,651-square-foot residence in Honolulu, Hawaii. That amount is also more than enough to purchase a spacious luxury home in Wisconsin and Texas.
The owner of that ultra-rare Knueppel card has struck gold, and he can leverage his treasure to become a real estate investor, if he’d like to. What’s more exciting, though, is if the card’s value increases when Knueppel becomes an All-Star or is voted into an All-NBA Team.
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