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Basketball Cards, Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant 1996 Chrome Rookie RC Graded BGS 8.5

Kobe Bryant 1996 Chrome Rookie RC (Well Centered, Great Color)
Beckett Graded BGS 8.5

Centering: 8.5
Edges: 9
Corners: 9
Surface: 8.5

This is the rare and iconic Kobe Chrome Rookie Card. At the time of publishing we have 3 of these cards in stock, as well as the entire Chrome Set including Allen Iverson, Michael Jordan etc.

All of the Kobe cards we have are in different conditions- both graded and ungraded. These cards were very condition sensitive, many being poorly centered or green in color after years of being on display. This particular card has both great centering and color that make it a stand out.

 

Basketball Autographs, Basketball Cards, Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant 2003-04 UD Glass Auto Focus Autograph BGS 9.5 GEM MINT

Kobe Bryant 2003-04 UD Glass Auto Focus (SP)
BGS 9.5 GEM MINT
Autograph Graded 8

 

This was a tough card to pull out of a gorgeous looking set. Kobe was one of the few short-printed players in the set. Each card is made of thick plastic with an autograph that you can uniquely see from both sides. The card is perfectly centered, and preserved. We had it RAW card reviewed by Beckett Grading Services and it received a 9.5. The autograph received an 8 since it is a little light like many of them.

Basketball Autographs, Basketball Cards, Kevin Durant

Kevin Durant Panini Prizm Blue Pulsar Autograph BGS 9.5 GEM MINT

This gem mint blue pulsar parallel autographed card looks awesome. The card went from pack to grading at the east coast national card show in New York.

He card sparkles and shines as many of the top Prizm cars do, but it is very rare to find the autograph parallels of these cards. If you are in to Kevin Durant and the Thunder this is a great card to add to your collection.

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Basketball Cards, Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant 1996 Topps Chrome RC BGS 8 (9 & 9.5 Subs)

One of Kobe’s most valuable and most sought after rookie cards. The 1996-97 Topps Chrome RC came in packs of the retail-only Topps Chrome in the mid 90’s. Cards wee on the rise and giants like Walmart wanted a piece of the action.

Topps Chrome Basketball 1996-97 At the same time hobby dealers were not interested in purchasing a parallel product that retails were also going to have, so it became exclusive to the big box stores, and as a result far fewer of the boxs/packs/cards were produced.

The set is very condition sensitive as the majority of them were horribly centered and others has surface issues.

Our BGS 8 Kobe Chrome RC is one the the best centered cards we’ve seen with beautiful corners and edges. The only factor bringing it down was the surface which has the slight green tint that many of the chrome cards have exhibited.

This is a key card for any Kobe or 1990’s basketball collector. The card is part of a 220 card set (which we also have available for sale).

The stated odds for 1996-97 Topps Chrome are: Refractor parallels (1:12) lead the chase element. Other inserts include ProFiles (20 cards, 1:8), Season’s Best (25 cards, 1:6) and YouthQuake (1:12, 15 cards).

Boxes carried 20 four-card packs. The base set features a chromium (finest or prizm-like) take on the base Topps design from the same year.

 

 

 

Basketball Autographs, Basketball Cards, Kevin Durant

Kevin Durant 2012-13 Elite Series Status Autograph #/35

This is a gorgeous Elite Status Die Cut Autograph card,  hand signed by Kevin Durant. The card features and ON CARD autograph, and die cut sides. The card is limited to Durant’s Jersey number (35).  The autograph is bold and clear, and looks amazing on this extremely limited insert.

 

Additionally, the card has been graded by Beckett and received BGS 8.5 NearMint-Mint – only one card has ever received a better grade (9.0).

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Kevin Durant 2012-13 Elite Series Status Autograph #/35