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09-20-2016, 03:52 AM
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — The world's rarest and most valuable LeBron James basketball trading card according to some collectors is currently up for auction. And with fewer than two weeks remaining, bids are expected to reach $200,000.
Sports memorabilia expert Ken Goldin says a collector pulled the one-of-a-kind card out of a pack in 2003 and held on to it for more than 10 years.
"It's sorta like finding Willy Wonka's golden ticket," Goldin said. "It really is the Holy Grail of modern trading cards."
Here is a link to the auction site featuring the LeBron rookie card.
Upper Deck produced the "2003 LeBron logoman" card as part of its Ultimate Collection series.
The card includes a color image of James in mid-shot above an autograph penned by James in blue ink. To the left of the image is a patch of fabric with the NBA logo taken from a LeBron-worn jersey.
Goldin, who runs Goldin Auctions, the service hosting the item, says the card is "the most valuable LeBron James collector's item out there." Even more valuable than a game-worn, autographed jersey.
"If you had the jersey he wore in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, this card is worth more," he said.
With 12 days remaining in the online auction, bids have reached $65,000. But Goldin expects the card to fetch as much as $200,000 by the time the bidding closes on Oct. 1, which is not typical for cards produced after 2000.
"It's highly unusual to see a modern card like this to sell so high," Goldin said. "A lot of these type of cards end up going to high-end buyers who want to have the best collections."
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It sucks that I stop collecting NBA Cards in 2001. I heard that the retired poster Kennethgriffin have a LeBron James Rookie Cards Collection. He promised he was going to give his cards to me last year.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — The world's rarest and most valuable LeBron James basketball trading card according to some collectors is currently up for auction. And with fewer than two weeks remaining, bids are expected to reach $200,000.
Sports memorabilia expert Ken Goldin says a collector pulled the one-of-a-kind card out of a pack in 2003 and held on to it for more than 10 years.
"It's sorta like finding Willy Wonka's golden ticket," Goldin said. "It really is the Holy Grail of modern trading cards."
Here is a link to the auction site featuring the LeBron rookie card.
Upper Deck produced the "2003 LeBron logoman" card as part of its Ultimate Collection series.
The card includes a color image of James in mid-shot above an autograph penned by James in blue ink. To the left of the image is a patch of fabric with the NBA logo taken from a LeBron-worn jersey.
Goldin, who runs Goldin Auctions, the service hosting the item, says the card is "the most valuable LeBron James collector's item out there." Even more valuable than a game-worn, autographed jersey.
"If you had the jersey he wore in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, this card is worth more," he said.
With 12 days remaining in the online auction, bids have reached $65,000. But Goldin expects the card to fetch as much as $200,000 by the time the bidding closes on Oct. 1, which is not typical for cards produced after 2000.
"It's highly unusual to see a modern card like this to sell so high," Goldin said. "A lot of these type of cards end up going to high-end buyers who want to have the best collections."
http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2016/09/rare_lebron_james_rookie_card.html
It sucks that I stop collecting NBA Cards in 2001. I heard that the retired poster Kennethgriffin have a LeBron James Rookie Cards Collection. He promised he was going to give his cards to me last year.