Fauci baseball card shatters Topps 24-hour record with 51,512 sold

The Topps NOW limited-edition baseball trading card featuring Anthony Fauci shattered an all-time sales record run for the company in selling 51,512 cards in the span of just 24 hours, according to Topps.

"We're excited by the popularity of Dr. Fauci's Topps NOW card," Topps communications manager Emily Klass told USA Today. "Topps prides itself on capturing the unique moments of the MLB season, one baseball card at a time, and Dr. Fauci's inclusion in this year's Topps NOW cards is just one way in which we are highlighting the uniqueness of the 2020 season."

The card featured Fauci's first pitch on Major League Baseball's opening night in Washington on July 23.

Fauci, 79, a key member of the White House coronavirus task force and the government's top infectious disease expert, was given the honor of throwing out the first pitch for the league's abbreviated season.

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