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Strasburg-mania has now reached fever pitch levels.

Beckett Blog is reporting that Strasburg’s SuperFractor card from the 2010 Bowman set has sold via eBay auction for $25,000.  Seriously.

The card sold for $25,000 after 75 bids on eBay Monday evening as Robert J. Power, opted to sell the card in the wake of the publicity that the since-removed 1/1 Red autograph generated on the auction block. (The Red autograph, the only card that can presently top the SuperFractor in significance, neared $1 million in bad bids before it the auction was ended this past weekend.)

Power’s auction ended Monday, topping the previous mark of $16,304 he paid for the card before Strasburg made his MLB debut earlier this month. The new sale sets a record for a SuperFractor. (via Beckett Blog)

What can you say but “wow”.  It really just goes to show how much you can manipulate the market, if you have the right timing and an almost other-worldly demand for an item.  Are you pulling down $25K for autographed special insert cards of proven pitching veterans like Roy Halladay or Johan Santana?  Or even for the younger rising stars like Ubaldo Jimenez? No.

But for the phenom that is Steven Strasburg?  Most certainly.  The card market is a crazy place, especially when you look at the fact that its based in large part on player performance, which can vary from game-to-game or year-to-year.  I personally think Power  made the right decision in selling the card for 25K now…but who knows.  If Strasburg continues to dominate…who knows what the future holds?

image via Beckett Blog