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Buffalo Bills star Josh Allen has a super rare card coming to auction that could fetch big money.

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen already cashed in on the biggest individual honor of his NFL career. Now one of the rarest collectibles tied to his MVP season could bring a major payday for someone else.

A 2025 Topps Chrome Honors MVP Award Gold NFL Shield Josh Allen Patch Auto 1/1 has been listed in Fanatics Collect’s Premier Auction, putting one of the most coveted modern Bills cards on the open market. The auction page lists a $1,000 starting price and describes the item as a redemption for a card that has not yet been produced, meaning the winning bidder is buying ownership of the card once it is fulfilled through Topps.

That is a technical detail, but it does not make the card ordinary. The Allen card is a true 1-of-1, features the NFL Gold Shield concept and is tied directly to his 2024 MVP season. For Bills fans, it is not just another autograph. It is a one-card snapshot of Allen reaching the top of the league.

Josh Allen’s Rare MVP Card Has a Built-In Bills Hook

The Allen Gold Shield 1-of-1 as “one of the biggest chase cards” in 2025 Topps Chrome Football. The card was pulled on release day by a family opening packs together after buying boxes from Hot Corner Sports Cards in Mesa, Arizona.

Allen won the 2024 AP NFL MVP award after a tight race with Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, giving the Bills star the first MVP honor of his career. NFL.com noted that Allen finished with 383 points and 27 first-place votes, narrowly ahead of Jackson’s 362 points and 23 first-place votes.

That MVP connection is the key distinction. This is not only a rare Allen card. It is a rare Allen card tied to the season that officially stamped him as the league’s most valuable player.

Past Josh Allen Sales Show Why the Auction Could Get Expensive

There is no perfect comparison for this card because it is not a rookie card. In the trading card market, elite rookie patch autographs usually sit in their own price tier.

Still, recent Allen sales show why this auction has legitimate upside.

Fanatics Collect previously sold a 2018 National Treasures Red Josh Allen Rookie Patch Auto 1/1 for $240,000 with buyer’s premium. That card had the rookie-year advantage, but it shows the level of money collectors have already spent on Allen’s rarest cards.

Another high-end Allen card, a 2018 Immaculate Collection NFL Shield Josh Allen Rookie Patch Auto 1/1, sold through Fanatics Collect for $30,000 with buyer’s premium.

Those numbers do not guarantee where the new Topps Chrome MVP card will land. They do, however suggest the auction is going to be heated. A five-figure result would not be surprising given the player, scarcity and product buzz. A stronger result would likely depend on whether collectors view it as one of the defining cards from Topps’ NFL comeback.

Topps’ NFL Return Adds More Heat to the Card

Part of the appeal is bigger than Allen.

Topps returned to the NFL trading card market for the first time since 2016 through a new Fanatics Collectibles agreement with the NFL and NFL Players Association. The first release under that deal is 2025 Topps Chrome Football, which includes one-of-one Rookie PREM1ERE Patch Autograph Cards and NFL Honors Gold Shield Autograph Cards.

Topps has also promoted 2025 Topps Chrome Football as the company’s NFL comeback, saying the league is back with Topps “for the first time in over a decade.”

That matters for Allen’s card because it is not buried in a random release. It is one of the headline chase cards from a product launch that collectors had been waiting years to see.

For Bills fans, the auction is another reminder of Allen’s current place in the sport. For collectors, it is a test of how much value the market places on a 1-of-1 MVP card from one of the NFL’s most recognizable quarterbacks.

The safest expectation is not a record-breaking sale. The card is not an Allen rookie card, and that distinction matters. But with Allen’s MVP season, the Gold Shield rarity and Topps’ NFL return all attached to one auction, the final price could still become one of the more notable football card sales of the year.