Kimi Antonelli's one-of-one 2025 Topps Chrome F1 SuperFractor autograph sold through Goldin for $878,400 in mid-October. That is the third record for an Antonelli card in six months, and it left the card $21,600 short of the most valuable Formula 1 card ever sold, a Lewis Hamilton SuperFractor. A week later, in Austin, Antonelli won the United States Grand Prix and still did not clinch the title, because Russell and Hamilton both finished in the last places that kept it open.

The card is the 2025 Topps Chrome Formula 1 Chrome Autographs SuperFractor #CAC-ANT, serial-numbered 1/1 and graded PSA Gem Mint 10, with Antonelli's autograph in blue ink across Topps' gold SuperFractor finish. It sold after 34 bids, Motorsport.com reported, and Goldin announced the price after its Monthly Elite Auction. Goldin called it the "Holy Grail" of his Formula 1 career and says it is the all-time highest public sale for any card of the driver.

Short of Hamilton, by $21,600

Sports Illustrated's top-five sales list for the week of Oct. 12–18, built on Card Ladder data, put the Antonelli card first.

Per Card Ladder, only one Formula 1 card has ever sold for more: a 2020 Topps Chrome F1 SuperFractor 1/1 of Lewis Hamilton, graded PSA 7, which brought $900,000 through Goldin on May 1, 2022.

Three Records in Six Months

The $878,400 is the top of a short, steep climb. Each step was announced as a record for Antonelli at the time it sold:

  • April 2026: a Topps Dynasty patch autograph sold at Goldin for $201,910, which Motorsport.com reported on April 13 as a record for the driver.
  • September 2026: a 2025 Topps Chrome F1 Red Refractor #8, serial 2 of 5, graded PSA 10, sold as lot 36 of the Goldin 100 for $360,510 with buyer's premium, on 42 bids and a $295,500 hammer, per CardWire. Goldin called it the highest public sale for any Antonelli card.
  • October 2026: the SuperFractor auto at $878,400, which CollectiblesNews notes is $517,890 more than the September record.

One Card, Three Grades

The Red Refractor #8 is numbered to five, and three of the five copies have now sold publicly at Goldin in about two months. CardWire reported that serial 1 of 5, graded PSA 7, sold for $67,344 with premium on Aug. 15. Serial 2 of 5, the PSA 10, brought the $360,510 in September. And serial 5 of 5, graded PSA 9, sold in the same October auction as the SuperFractor for $128,100.

That last copy has a documented history. Card-collecting account Strictly Turn One reported, as relayed by Motorsport.com, that the PSA 9 had changed hands on eBay in February for $5,000.

Analysis: The three copies differ in grade and sold on three different dates, so the spread mixes two things: what a grade is worth on this card, and how the market for Antonelli moved between August and October. Three sales cannot pull those apart, and the PSA 9 selling well below the PSA 10 says nothing about which mattered more. What the sales do show is that a single five-copy parallel has produced a $67,344, a $128,100 and a $360,510 result, all at the same auction house, in about nine weeks.

Austin: A Win, Not a Title

Antonelli came to the Circuit of the Americas with a 102-point lead over his Mercedes teammate George Russell. Motorsport.com laid out what he needed to clinch on Sunday: a win, with Russell outside the top eight and Hamilton outside the top four.

He did his part. Starting from pole, Antonelli won the 56-lap race by 13.078 seconds over Charles Leclerc, with Max Verstappen third, for his ninth grand prix win of 2026. Behind him, the two other conditions both fell short by one place:

  • Russell finished eighth, after a five-second penalty for leaving the track on lap one while defending. Motorsport.com notes he needed to avoid ninth or lower and "only just managed to do so."
  • Hamilton finished fourth, passing Lando Norris on lap 51. Motorsport.com says that result kept the seven-time world champion "in mathematical title contention until next week."

So the driver whose card still holds the F1 record was also one of the two results that kept Antonelli from clinching. Motorsport.com's race report says Antonelli now needs just two points at the Mexico Grand Prix to become, at 20, the youngest world champion in Formula 1 history. That record has been Sebastian Vettel's since 2010.

Analysis: Every sale above came before Antonelli's first Formula 1 title. Whether a title moves the price of his cards, and in which direction, is not something these results measure. The first high-end Antonelli sale after Mexico will be the first one that can.

Kimi Antonelli's 1/1 SuperFractor sold for $878,400, the highest price ever paid for one of his cards and the second-highest for any F1 card. He came to Austin able to clinch the title and left needing two points in Mexico, with Lewis Hamilton's fourth place one of the two results that kept it open. The F1 card record, $21,600 higher, is still Hamilton's too.

Confidence note: The SuperFractor's bid count, the Hamilton comparison and the Strictly Turn One report are from Motorsport.com (Alex Harrington, Oct. 23, 2026). The Monthly Elite Auction, Goldin's record statement and the $517,890 difference are from CollectiblesNews (Matt Johnson, Oct. 18). The weekly ranking and the May 1, 2022 Hamilton date are from Sports Illustrated (D. Allen Thompson, Oct. 19), citing Card Ladder. The September Red Refractor sale, its hammer and bid count, and the August PSA 7 sale are from CardWire (Sept. 20). The April Dynasty sale is from Motorsport.com via Yahoo Sports (April 13). The October PSA 9 result is also listed in SportsCardsPro's Goldin sales record. Race details are from Motorsport.com's race report (Filip Cleeren, Oct. 25). Passages labeled Analysis are the blog's interpretation.