Signed 'Magic: The Gathering' Black Lotus Card Sells For $615,000 at Heritage to Set Auction Record

The artist proof from the Jeff Ferreira Collection is signed by artist Christopher Rush DOWNLOAD DIGITAL PRESS KIT DALLAS, Texas (March 24, 2023) — A Magic: The Gathering Artist Proof Black Lotus signed by its artist, Christopher Rush, sold Friday at Heritage Auctions for $615,000. That card, graded Near Mint/Mint+ 8.5 by Certified Guarantee Company, is now the most valuable Magic: The Gathering card ever sold at auction. The card is part of the collection of Rush's friend and former agent, Jeff Ferreira, who is offering some of his assemblage over two days in Heritage Auctions' The Jeff Ferreira Collection Featuring Christopher Rush Collectibles Trading Card Games Signature® Auction. The event continues through March 25 on HA.com. This magnificent card was being offered at auction for the first time. The Black Lotus is the most powerful card in the game. The card's population is exceedingly small, and copies — especially signed copies — rarely become available. "The Black Lotus remains the most desired Magic: The Gathering card in the world," says Jesus Garcia, Heritage's Trading Card Games Consignment Director. "And it's certainly no surprise this spectacular copy is now the auction record-holder, given that it's signed by the artist who created it. We're proud to have been a part of the remarkable result achieved for this — dare I say it? — magical offering." The Jeff Ferreira Collection Featuring Christopher Rush Collectibles Trading Card Games Signature® Auction continues with a Signature® Internet Session at 1 p.m. CST Saturday. Heritage Auctions is the largest fine art and collectibles auction house founded in the United States, and the world's largest collectibles auctioneer. Heritage maintains offices in New York, Dallas, Beverly Hills, Chicago, Palm Beach, London, Paris, Geneva, Amsterdam and Hong Kong. Heritage also enjoys the highest Online traffic and dollar volume of any auction house on earth (source: SimilarWeb and Hiscox Report). The Internet's most popular auction-house website, HA.com, has more than 1,500,000 registered bidder-members and searchable free archives of five million past auction records with prices realized, descriptions and enlargeable photos. Reproduction rights routinely granted to media for photo credit. For breaking stories, follow us: HA.com/Facebook and HA.com/Twitter . Link to this release or view prior press releases . Hi-Res images available: Steve Lansdale, Public Relations Specialist 214-409-1699 or SteveL@HA.com