Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holds up a GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card at a PC bang in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on Sunday. [Yonhap]
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holds up a GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card at a PC bang in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on Sunday. [Yonhap]

A graphics card bearing the handwritten signature of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has appeared on a secondhand trading platform, drawing wide attention.

On Sunday, a listing appeared on Junggo Nara, a Korean secondhand trading platform, offering an Nvidia RTX 5090 graphics card for 50 million won (about $32,400). The seller described it as "a graphics card bearing Jensen Huang's handwritten signature" and said they had kept it sealed and unused, believing it would "bring great fortune."

The product is the RTX 5090 Founders Edition, which retails for around 7 million won, meaning the seller priced it at more than seven times its market value. The premium appears to reflect both the card's status as a high-end GPU and the rarity of carrying the CEO's personal signature.

However, it has not been confirmed whether the seller personally received the signature from Huang, or whether the product is genuine. The listing has since been removed from the platform.

The post drew a range of reactions online. "You're not really selling it — you're just showing off," one user wrote. Others said, "Honestly, I'd sell it too," "I'd want to buy it if there were an authentication certificate," "The price is too low," and "Don't sell it — keep it as a family heirloom."

On Sunday afternoon, Huang visited two PC bang in Seocho-gu, Seoul — one near Sinnonhyeon Station — where he gave away RTX 5090 Founders Edition cards to patrons. He pulled out an RTX 5090, signed it on the spot, and said, "This is the Founders Edition, and this will be a one-of-a-kind product."

Some observers have noted that the signature style on the secondhand listing differs from the one Huang used at Sunday's event, raising the possibility that the listed card was signed at a separate event. At Sunday's event, Huang signed cards with "Korea♡" alongside his name, whereas the listing shows only his name.


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