--- title: Supreme MTA Cards Ebay description: Cult streetwear brand Supreme launched a custom MTA fare card in New York City, much to the delight of their rabid fans. canonical: https://time.com/4677757/supreme-mta-fare-cards-subway-nyc/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-21T23:12:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:17.833Z og:title: The Supreme MTA Fare Cards Are Now Being Sold for $100 og:description: Hypebeast bait og:url: https://time.com/4677757/supreme-mta-fare-cards-subway-nyc/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Supreme MTA Fare Cards Are Now Being Sold for $100 twitter:description: Hypebeast bait twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's Why These Desirable Fashion Subway Cards Are Selling on Ebay for $100 > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 21, 2017 11:12 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 21, 2017 11:12 PM UTC Cult streetwear brand Supreme is notorious for the fervent nature of their fans, [hypebeasts](http://time.com/4323043/kanye-west-baby-yeezy-boosts/) who often wait outside of their store for hours or even days before new merchandise hits; [later, the highly coveted pieces are often resold online at an exorbitant markup](http://www.complex.com/style/2015/12/sold-out-supreme-reseller-documentary-episode-1). It looks like their most recent release is no exception. For their latest drop, Supreme collaborated with [New York City’s Metro Transit Authority](http://time.com/4660587/new-york-subway-swastika-hand-sanitizer/), on custom branded Supreme fare cards, which caused [pandemonium](https://twitter.com/WhereToCop/status/833829033943121921) when the cards became available for sale on Monday at the Supreme store and NYC subway stations. > [](https://twitter.com/TheSnobette/status/834057345202204672) In the tradition of Supreme markups, individual cards (which retail for $5.50) are being resold for [prices from $38 to as much as $98 online, which is nearly 17 times the purchase cost](http://www.ebay.com/itm/Supreme-Nyc-Metrocard-Metro-Card-MTA-Ss17-2017-/122366221914?hash=item1c7d985e5a:g:LukAAOSwdGFYq7k7). Because the Supreme resell market thrives off limited edition status and supply and demand, prices could climb — especially since MTA noted that they may be sold out of the Supreme fare cards. > [](https://twitter.com/NYCTSubway/status/833877332985335808) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4677757/supreme-mta-fare-cards-subway-nyc/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4677757/supreme-mta-fare-cards-subway-nyc/"},"headline":"Here's Why These Desirable Fashion Subway Cards Are Selling on Ebay for $100","datePublished":"2017-02-21T23:12:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:17.833Z","description":"Hypebeast bait","url":"https://time.com/4677757/supreme-mta-fare-cards-subway-nyc/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","fashion","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4677757/supreme-mta-fare-cards-subway-nyc/","name":"Here's Why These Desirable Fashion Subway Cards Are Selling on Ebay for $100"}}]}] ```