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Win or Lose: Novak Djokovic Collectibles on Deportation News

Many die-hard sports fans have become much more familiar with tennis star Novak Djokovic in recent days. His efforts to stay and play in Australia have now ended. Djokovic is being deported from Australia after the nation’s Federal Court upheld a court’s decision to cancel his visa for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Novak Djokovic may not have been the biggest household name before recent days, but since January 5, 2022 his name has been much higher in Google search trends. The court’s decision will end the 34 year old tennis star’s hope of defending his Australian Open title.

Controversy and news can impact the price of collectibles. Collectors Dashboard wanted to see if the recent news is helping or hurting his card and memorabilia sales. It may be too soon to know if this news will help or hurt his memorabilia items and graded cards.

Collectors Dashboard wanted to look at items that have sold in auction houses, eBay and items which are upcoming. There is an old saying that publicity is bad publicity, but there are certainly some exceptions, and the ultimate verdict here may be too soon to tally up. Another issue that has to be considered is that tennis memorabilia is traditionally not as widely owned as sports like baseball, basketball and football.

On December 18, 2021, Heritage Auctions sold a 2007 Ace Authentic Novak Djokovic (Straight Sets) card #16 graded as PSA Gem Mint 10 for $720.00 after the buyer’s premium. That PSA 10 had only 3 bids to get the price up that high. Image below by Heritage Auctions.

Olympic Cards:General, 2007 Ace Authentic Novak Djokovic (Straight Sets) #16 PSA Gem Mint
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Goldin.co also had two high-end sales items for Djokovic. The highest price in June was a 2006 Ace Authentic Center Court Stars #CC-2 Novak Djokovic signed card graded “PSA GEM MT 10, PSA/DNA 9” for $21,600.00. The other two items:

2007 Ace Authentics Autographed Cards – Including #SI-16 Novak Djokovic & #S1 Roger Federer (2-card lot) sold for $2,280.00

OCT-2020 a 2012 Novak Djokovic Match Used and Signed Sergio Tacchini Polo Shirt worn during the Australian Open (MEARS & Beckett) sold for $2,091.00. (Image below by Goldin.co)

djokovic signed worn polo

Looking through some of the sold items on eBay offers at least the first public review.

A Novak Djokovic 2008 Ace Authentic Tennis US Open US3 Singles Autograph 11/45 is listed as sold, but there is no way to know what the actual price was. The card was listed with a Buy It Now price of $5,000.00 by seller “cw1kcfan” on January 14, 2022 but the “or Best Offer” masks the actual sale price.

A 2007 Ace Authentic Novak Djokovic #16 Rookie ungraded and listed as “near mint mint sold for $169.99.

On January 13, 2022, a PSA 10 AUTO AUTH 2007 Ace Authentic Straight Sets #16 Novak Djokovic listed as only “POP 2” sold but the $6,000.00 Buy It Now price also came with the “or Best Offer” which makes the price unknown. Many other similar cards sold in various grades, but the “Buy It Now, or Best Offer” makes the ultimate price unknown.

Some tennis collectors buy signed tennis balls. An “original hand signed big tennis ball by Andy Murray & Novak Djokovic, was a Slazenger tennis ball from the Australian Open. It was shipped from the U.S. and landed a bid of just $24.63 after 3 bids.

After focusing further on just the auction items and no Buy It Now items, more sales were seen.

A sale on January 10, 2022 was of a 2008 Ace Authentic Grand Slam II US Open Memories Bronze Novak Djokovic graded as CSG 7.5 sold on eBay via COMC for $31.00 after 7 bids. Another card, a 2008 Ace Authentic Matchpoint French Open Novak Djokovic #RG17 also sold on the same day thru eBay via COMC for $40.00 and that sale had 31 bids. A prior COMC sale on January 4 was seen in a 2008 Ace Authentic Matchpoint French Open Novak Djokovic #RG17 graded as CSG 8.5 sold for $17.50 after 9 bids.

On January 9, 2022, a 2008 ACE AUTHENTIC GAME SET MATCH CASE Top Loader #2 Novak Djokovic Jersey #/59 fetched $168.50 after 23 bids.

A sale that went off at a high price recently was for a 2008 Ace Authentic Tennis Novak Djokovic /25 Auto Ace Certified US Open sold for $2,918.00 after 54 bids, but this sale was via Singapore and took place on January 3, 2022.

There were two nearly identical items which sold through seller “mc_sportscards” on eBay on December 28, 2021. These were listed as NOVAK DJOKOVIC PSA 10 2007 ACE AUTHENTIC TENNIS #16 ROOKIE STRAIGHT SETS GEM 335 for $747.77 after 27 bids, and the other was NOVAK DJOKOVIC PSA 10 2007 ACE AUTHENTIC TENNIS #16 ROOKIE STRAIGHT SETS GEM 334 for $710.00 after 31 bids.

And on December 26, 2021, seller “baseballcardsandcollectibles” on eBay sold a SGC 9.5 MINT+ 2007 Ace Authentic NOVAK DJOKOVIC Rookie Tennis Card #16 Serbia for $219.38 after 42 bids. On that same day, seller “ironpennywhistle” sold a very similar 2007 Ace Authentic ~ NOVAK DJOKOVIC Rookie RC SGC 9.5 Mint+ for $185.49 after 23 bids. The key difference here was that the

On December 18, 2021, a Novak Djokovic 2007 Ace Authentic Straight Set Singles Autograph Auto SGC 9 Mint sold for $2,950.00 by eBay seller “tanya_mil” after 25 bids.

And on December 16, 2021, a 2007 Ace Authentic Tennis Straight Sets Singles Novak Djokovic AUTO PSA 9 (listed as just “POP 4” by seller “PROBSTEIN123” commanded a sale of $3,050.00 after 80 bids.

On December 14, 2021, two ungraded examples of Novak Djokovic 2007 Ace Authentic Straight Sets Base Card #16 sold as follows: $112.50 after 42 bids and another for $107.50 after 32 bids by seller “aakaspanchol0.”

Two nearly identical cards sold on December 12, 2021 via seller “dcsports87” in order. The first was a 2007 Ace Authentic Novak Djokovic Rookie Card RC #16 graded SGC 9.5 MINT+ (22) for $208.50 after 23 bids. The other was a 2007 Ace Authentic Novak Djokovic Rookie Card RC #16 SGC 9 MINT (48) N574 that sold for $151.00 after 15 bids.

Back on December 8, 2021 there were two very similar sales on eBay from different sellers. Both were PSA 10 grades:

  • 2007 ACE Authentic #16 Rookie RC for $655.00 via Seller “stecafm_0” after 17 bids.
  • 2007 ACE AUTHENTIC #16 Rookie RC for $633.35 via seller “mc_sportscards” after 21 bids.

What we are seeing is that the upcoming auction formats are not as active right now in the coming days. That may be because of the weekend and it may be because of the news. Here are some items coming up:

  • Signed Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal Andy Murray Roger Federer Photo Abbey Road w/ COA (ends later today, $362.00 after 23 bids)
  • 2007 Ace Authentic Tennis #16 Novak Djokovic SGC 9.5 MINT+
  • Novak Djokovic 2007 Ace Authentic Grand Slam Materials #JC3 rookie ungraded
  • ROGER FEDERER, RAFAEL NADAL & NOVAK DJOKOVIC SIGNED US OPEN TENNIS BALL W/COA
  • NEW LISTING2007 Ace Authentic Straight Sets Novak Djokovic Rookie RC SGC 9 MINT
  • NOVAK DJOKOVIC PSA 10 2007 ACE AUTHENTIC TENNIS #16 ROOKIE STRAIGHT SETS (already at $510.00 w/ 33 bids and 7 days left)

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