'Holy Grail' of baseball cards sets record at $2.35 million

The "Holy Grail of baseball cards," the famous 1909 Honus Wagner tobacco card once owned by hockey great Wayne Gretzky, has sold for a record-setting US$2.35 million.

It was bought by an anonymous buyer, only identified as a Southern California collector, at auction in California on Monday.

The card was scheduled to be shown to the public at a news conference at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium yesterday.