rookie card
noun [ C ] US uk/ˈrʊk.i ˌkɑːd/ us/ˈrʊk.i ˌkɑːrd/
（运动员）新秀卡
a trading card with a picture of a sports player on it and information about his or her first year of playing on the back, which is the first card ever produced of that player at the beginning of his or her career, and is considered very valuable if the player later becomes famous
Mickey Mantle's rookie card in mint condition has brought as much as $121,000 at auction. 米奇·曼特尔保存完好的新秀卡在拍卖会上拍出了12.1万美元的高价。
His collection includes the rookie cards of Roberto Clemente, Nolan Ryan, Roger Maris, and Michael Jordan. 他的收藏包括罗伯托·克莱门特、诺兰·莱恩、罗杰·马里斯和迈克尔·乔丹的新秀卡。
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- Jordan never signed a rookie card, which makes this a rare piece of sports history.
- It will be the company's first set of NBA rookie cards.
- For the first time, collectors focused on rookie cards instead of sets.