Tupac has made another comeback. This time, on the resale market.

Thousands of people who waited in hourslong lines at the Orioles game Friday night sought one thing. Not an Orioles player’s John Hancock. Not the chance to catch a fly ball.

In a sea of orange and black jerseys it was late rap legend, Tupac Shakur, that they patiently awaited. The bobblehead version, of course.

Despite being a West Coast celebrity, Shakur spent much of his life on the East Coast. That included four years in Baltimore when he was a teenager spitting rhymes on the school bus heading to the Baltimore Schools of the Arts.

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That evening, Tupac’s sister Sekyiwa Shakur threw the first pitch of the game while the Orioles gave away 20,000 bobbleheads resembling the rap icon. Earlier Friday, his sister who’s the CEO of the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, joined Mayor Brandon Scott and Del. Sean Stinnett for a rededication of a street named in her brother’s honor.

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And just like that Tupac had been resurrected. Fans have since flooded the resale market in hopes of selling the free figurine they scored for a hefty premium.

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The going rate for one bobblehead? As little as $140 or as much as $2,000.

Sites like eBay, Poshmark and StockX have exploded with the little head knockers. So did online commentary.

“102 listings on eBay for Tupac bobbleheads and the game isn’t even over. Bring back shame,” one Reddit user said.

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Others joined in on the thread, many emphasizing the need to just wait and see. In a couple of years those same bobbles would be selling for significantly less.

Some scoffed at those who got a mini Tupac but did not watch a single second of the actual ball game.

“A sucker is born every minute. To be enamored by a ‘thing’ so banal as a bobble head of a long-dead musician who lived in the city for 4 years must put one in the category of ‘people to whom Jedi mind tricks are very effective,’” another user wrote.

Friday, May 8, 2026 - Chris Mansolf, 25 of Howard County, was among the first to secure his Tupac bobblehead after a more than five-hour wait in line.
Chris Mansolf, 25 of Howard County, was among the first to secure his Tupac bobblehead after a more than five-hour wait in line. (Darreonna Davis/The Banner)

Chris Mansolf, a 25-year-old from Elkridge, told The Banner on Friday that he planned to sell his girlfriend’s bobblehead for $150. The freebie fanatic took the day off from work to ensure he didn’t miss out and was one of the first in line to get his mini Pac.

I wonder, do you think he has sold it yet?