Exclusive | North Star Boys founder snags rare $20K Jimothy card and funds teens college education
A Florida-born social media influencer and founder of the Asian-American boy band “North Star Boys” has dropped $20,100 on a one-of-a-kind Seattle Mariners “Jimothy” raccoon card to fund a 13-year-old fangirl’s college education.Oliver Moy, creator and musician known online as “Jahver,” swooped in with a last-minute winning bid on the “one-of-one” Jimothy card, a viral collectible spun out of the Mariners’ fan-favorite raccoon mascot and the online community that’s sprung up around it.“I was sitting in bed, and there were like two minutes left in the auction.I found the story of Jimothy so heartfelt and then that tied up with Abby and her family… I thought that this was a nice moment to kind of see it full circle,” 25-year-old Moy told the California Post.Jimothy, with his low-slung silhouette and offbeat swagger, first captured attention online — spawning endless fan art, memes, and eventually taking over Seattle’s T-Mobile Park.On August 5, the Seattle Mariners leaned all the way into the phenomenon, handing out 20,000 mystery-pack Jimothy “rookie cards” to fans.
Hidden inside just one of those packs was a pristine one-of-one gold edition card.That gold card landed in the hands of Abby, a 13-year-old Mariners fan.Seeing the frenzy around the local hero, her family put the card on eBay to raise funds for her future college tuition.100 bids later, the digital gavel dropped at over $20,000 and Moy became the lucky winner.Moy didn’t stumble onto Jimothy through baseball broadcasts or card forums.
He found him through an AI trend-researcher product he’s building.“Jimothy was the first ever trend that the AI tool that I’m building spotted.So I was like, this only makes more sense.
It’s like the stars are aligning.” From there, he dove into the Jimothy community on X and stumbled upon Abby’s gold card bid.He kept following the listing until the last minute.“I noticed that the bid was at 9,000, and then 15,000.
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