connor mcdavid just made a retired carpenter from san diego more than 100000 richer mcdavids 201516 upper deck the cup rookie patch autograph card sold for a final bid of 13581120 in the lelands spring classic auction on friday the sale price includes a 20 buyers fee that goes to the auction house according to the action network while other versions of the card are valued at more than 50000 this was a oneofakind item out of a 99card run this card was no 97 which is mcdavids jersey number with the edmonton oilers the cards seller is a man named john who lives in san diego given the size of the winning bid john requested that his last name not be used he is a hobbyist collector who acquired the mcdavid card through some special circumstances john paid to be part of a hockey card case break at jaspys sports cards collectibles in hermosa beach california im recently retired after 30 years of being a carpenter i had never really collected a card in my life a friend of mine last year got me into breaking cards as a hobby and really enjoyed it he told espn i picked jaspys because my father was a lifeguard in hermosa beach in the 1940s his elementary school is across the street from jaspys essentially john won a lottery to earn the chance to own the mcdavid card this is how the case break worked thirty spots were randomly assigned via computer program to collectors who invested in the break john couldnt recall the exact amount he paid but said it was under 150 along with the individuals there were five random number blocks that had teams assigned to them each of the blocks included nine investor names each assigned a random number that corresponded with the last digit of the numbered card that was pulled for that team in the mcdavid case break the random number block was assigned the oilers and john was assigned no 7 within that block because of these assignments john lucked into one of the most coveted hockey cards in the industry connor mcdavid no 97 of 99 jaspys films its case breaks and posts them on youtube in a video posted dec 3 2019 host jason cordero of jaspys visibly lurched forward when the mcdavid card was revealed his hands started shaking and he told a coworker that he was going to have a heart attack it was the most lucrative card pulled in a break in the stores history john said he discovered his good fortune by watching that youtube video i watched that video and saw the reaction that cordero had and he was very excited even though i didnt know the ramifications at that time he said john received an email that night from the store asking him to go to hermosa beach to see the card people were contacting them directly about the card that night i knew at that