Late Summer Auction SESSION 2 CLOSING SEPT 21 10PM EASTERN FOR INITIAL BIDS
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/21/2020
Each card has been graded by BGS. Presented is a 29-card complete sub-set of "Exquisite Triple Patch" game-used patch cards from the 2003-04 Upper Deck "Exquisite Collection" of basketball cards. Limited to just 10 copies, apiece, this is the only known BGS-Graded complete set of these desirable collectibles. Key highlights of this excruciatingly scarce assembly include: #'s KB Kobe Bryant (BGS NM-MT+ 8.5; "04/10"), KB1 Kobe Bryant (BGS NM-MT+ 8.5; "06/10"), LJ LeBron James (BGS NM-MT+ 8.5; "08/10"), LJ1 LeBron James (BGS NM-MT 8; "02/10"), MJ Michael Jordan (BGS NM-MT+ 8.5; "02/10") and MJ1 Michael Jordan (BGS NM-MT+ 8.5; "08/10").
The balance of the set includes: #'s AI Allen Iverson (BGS NM-MT+ 8.5; "04/10"), AS Amare Stoudemire (BGS NM-MT+ 8.5; "09/10"), BD Baron Davis (BGS NM-MT 8; "06/10"), BR Bill Russell (BGS NM-MT+ 8.5; "01/10"), BW Ben Wallace (BGS NM-MT+ 8.5; "10/10"), CA Carmelo Anthony (BGS NM-MT+ 8.5; "08/10"), CB Chris Bosh (BGS NM-MT+ 8.5; "03/10"), DN Dirk Nowitzki (BGS MINT 9; "07/10"), DW Dwyane Wade (BGS MINT 9; "9/10"), IT Isiah Thomas (BGS NM-MT+ 8,5; "07/10"), KG Kevin Garnett (BGS NM-MT 8; "03/10"), JK Jason Kidd (BGS NM-MT+ 8.5; "08/10"), JE Julius Erving (BGS NM-MT+ 8.5; "04/10"), JR Jason Richardson (BGS NM-MT+ 8.5; "08/10"), JS John Stockton (BGS NM-MT+ 8.5; "04/10"), KM Karl Malone (BGS MINT 9; "07/10"), LB Larry Bird (BGS NM-MT+ 8.5; "04/10"), SF Steve Francis (BGS NM-MT+ 8.5; "06/10"), SM Stephon Marbury (BGS NM-MT+ 8.5; "04/10"), TD Tim Duncan (BGS NM-MT+ 8.5; "10/10"), TM Tracy McGrady (BGS NM-MT+ 8.5; "02/10"), WC Wilt Chamberlain (BGS NM-MT+ 8.5; "10/10") and YM Yao Ming (BGS NM-MT 8; "07/10").
There is conflicting information on whether the set is complete at 29 or 30 cards. A thirtieth card - a single Chris Webber example - does appear to have been graded by Beckett over ten years ago. However, we think that the card was pulled from production, thus making this set complete at 29 cards.