Goldin Offers $1.5 Million Cash Advance for Cooper Flagg Debut Patch Card
The race to land Cooper Flagg’s one-of-one Rookie Debut Patch Autograph card has taken another major turn, with Goldin now offering a $1.5 million cash advance to whoever pulls the card and consigns it to the auction house.
Goldin announced the offer Friday, saying the collector who consigns the Flagg card would receive the $1.5 million advance before the card is sold at auction.
The company stressed that the offer is not a $1.5 million purchase price.
Instead, Goldin said it would auction the card and heavily promote the sale in an effort to achieve the best possible market price. If bidding ultimately pushes the card to $3 million, $4 million, $5 million or more, Goldin said that would create additional upside to the consignor.
“We’ll give you a $1.5 MILLION CASH ADVANCE if you consign the Cooper Flagg Topps Basketball Debut Patch with Goldin,” the company wrote in its announcement.
The Flagg card is one of the biggest chase cards in 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball Update. It contains the NBA Debut patch worn by Flagg during his first regular-season game and is limited to a single autographed copy.
Goldin’s offer arrives just after the Dallas Mavericks launched their own bounty for the same card.
As CollectiblesNews.com previously reported, the Mavericks are offering the owner two premium lower-level season tickets for 32 seasons, matching Flagg’s No. 32 jersey, along with several additional prizes and experiences.
The Mavericks package also includes a signed, game-worn jersey from Flagg’s rookie season, a postgame photograph with him, a VIP tour of the team’s practice facility, a private basketball experience for the cardholder and nine guests and a road trip to see Dallas play the Boston Celtics.
Unlike Goldin’s offer, the Mavericks bounty was presented as a trade and did not assign a cash value to the package.
Goldin is not limiting its interest to Flagg. The auction house said it is looking for all Topps Basketball Debut Patch cards from the release and encouraged collectors who pull one to contact the company about consigning it.
For now, Flagg’s one-of-one remains unaccounted for publicly. When it surfaces, its owner may have several very different options, including taking the Mavericks’ long-term ticket and experience package or using Goldin’s $1.5 million cash advance to take the card to auction and see what collectors are willing to pay.