A $44,544 MTG card sold on eBay last night

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/1993-Magic-...8AAOSwmC5a~cWS

There isn't really a section to put this topic, so I thought this was perhaps the most appropriate section. I admit that I am completely out of my element when it comes to understanding Magic the Gathering and Pokemon cards, other than knowing that some of them are worth a lot of money.

I am not making fun of what someone else likes to collect; everyone should collect what they like. But I at least somewhat understand (well, not really) why someone would pay $100,000 to have a 1993 Derek Jeter card if they are a Jeter fan or insane money for a Lebron James card or a Mike Trout card.

But I don't get the MTG and Pokemon values at all. On a larger level, it seems pretty easy to tell someone you are a Derek Jeter fan or a Mike Trout fan. I don't really understand being a Black Lotus fan, and I fully admit I am an old man who is completely clueless about MTG when I say that. Two other MTG cards sold for over $20,000 last night. On a very basic level, I kind of knew the Black Lotus card was the holy grail of MTG cards, but I don't understand what the different types of "Black Lotus" cards even mean or why some MTG cards are worth $20,000+.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1993-Magic-...p2047675.l2557

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1993-Magic-...p2047675.l2557