CANDY DIGITAL'S 2026 MLB GOLD SERIES ICONS SELL OUT IN 24 MINUTES AS FOUR ROOKIES MAKE THEIR ICON DEBUTS

Konnor Griffin, Samuel Basallo, JJ Wetherholt and Nolan McLean make their Candy ICON debuts as fans show demand for baseball’s next generation of stars

FLORIDA, FL, UNITED STATES, August 26, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Candy Digital’s third 2026 MLB Gold Series ICONs release, Rookies, concluded today on candy.io, with all 36 packs claimed in 24 minutes for a total of $25,700 by 12 lucky collectors. The first pack was claimed at $900 and the last at $600.

Rookies featured six of baseball’s most exciting young players: Munetaka Murakami, Kevin McGonigle, JJ Wetherholt, Samuel Basallo, Konnor Griffin and Nolan McLean, with Wetherholt, Basallo, Griffin and McLean each making their Candy ICON debut as First Mints. Each player has just 36 Gold Series editions in existence: (25) Rare ICONs numbered to /25, (10) Epic ICONs numbered to /10, and a single 1-of-1 Legendary. Every pack contained six Gold Series ICONs with at least one Epic, and a 1-in-6 chance of a Legendary. Select packs carried a seventh bonus ICON: either a Munetaka Murakami Pixicon Insert /5 or a Konnor Griffin Momenticon Insert /5.

BY THE NUMBERS
Auction gross: $25,700
Packs claimed: 36 of 36 (100% sell-through)
Price range: $900 to $600
Average lot: $715
Average per ICON: Over $113
Time to sell out: 24 minutes

THE CANDY DIGITAL REVERSE AUCTION
Rookies was sold through the Candy Digital Reverse Auction, a descending-price format in which the price opens high and steps down $100 every 60 seconds while packs remain. Collectors can claim a pack at the displayed price at any point, and every participant sees the same price, the same pack count and the same countdown at the same time. Bidding for Rookies opened at $2,000, with the first pack claimed at $900 and the last at $600.

"These are the careers fans are going to follow for the next 15 years, and on chain, collectors get to flex that they were early," said Matt Novogratz, co-founder of Candy Digital. "We’re proud to commemorate the first hit and the first home run, and we look forward to commemorating everything that comes after them."

"Collectors want two things: something premium and something genuinely scarce," said Tad Smith, CEO of Candy Digital. "Three sell-outs in three weeks tells us fans are ready to own that kind of collectible outright, and that is exactly the company we are building."

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Anthony Solis
Candy Digital
asolis@candy.io
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