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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 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.