Ukrainian blogger and volunteer Igor Lachenkov (Lachen) purchased a rare collectible card of Spanish Barcelona football player Lamine Yamal for a record 17,000 euros (approximately 884,000 UAH). This purchase became the largest public transaction in the history of the Ukrainian community of sports and gaming card collectors.
Ukrainian blogger and volunteer Igor Lachenkov (Lachen) purchased a rare collectible card of Spanish Barcelona football player Lamine Yamal for a record 17,000 euros (approximately 884,000 UAH). This purchase became the largest public transaction in the history of the Ukrainian community of sports and gaming card collectors.
The record sale was reported on the trading card blog «About Cardboard» with a reference to a Ukrainian collector and dealer known in the community under the nickname " Mr. Cardboard .» He acted as the seller of this lot.
This is a collectible card from the «2024/2025 Topps Inception UEFA Lamine Yamal /2 Game-Worn Patch Autograph» series. The main value of the lot is that it contains the original autograph of the young star of world football, as well as a mounted «patch» — an element of fabric from the game shirt in which Lamine Yamal directly entered the field.
The previous public record in Ukraine was set during the sale of a sealed case of cards «OP13 Carrying on his Will» based on the popular One Piece franchise — the transaction amount was about 4,700 euros. The new purchase of the card Lamin Yamal almost quadrupled this figure.
Igor Lachenkov (Lachen) is fond of collecting cards and even dragged his YouTuber Mikhail Lebig into this hobby. On their joint stream, he said that in addition to the insanely popular Pokémon cards, Lachen also actively buys and opens packs from the One Piece anime universe. In addition, he invests in elite sports boxes. For example, he bought a premium box of Real Madrid cards for 1,500 euros in the hope of getting autographs from football legends. Lachen sells some of his cards on the monobazar service.
Previously, dev.ua talked about the realities of the modern trading card market. Today, they sell for millions, provoke robberies around the world, and create a crazy shortage. From auction records to battles with outbidding on OLX for STALKER 2 cards — a dev.ua journalist investigated the phenomenon of the most unexpected investment of the decade.
