As rare as it was for LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant to team up for a few games this summer, there's now a collectible commemorating their time together at the Paris Olympics that's even rarer.
James, Curry and Durant will autograph a 1-for-1 Topps trading card featuring the gold medal-winning trio in their red, white and blue Team USA uniforms that will be sent to a random customer who purchases the company's all-star base card.
“This card pays homage to the incredible moment we saw during the Olympics when three of the best active basketball players combined to take home the gold medal,” Clay Luraschi, Topps senior vice president of product, told ESPN. “This particular card is special because you have the regular version and then you have an autograph version. There have been a lot of different autograph cards throughout the history of basketball trading cards, but this is the first time all three of these players have signed the same card. So it makes it very unique.”
NOTE: Anyone who purchases a Topps Now base card from today's Team USA Gold Medal Set will receive this 1/1 automatic triple of Steph, LeBron and KD.
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The base card became available at 6:20 p.m. ET on Saturday, shortly after the U.S. men’s basketball team’s gold medal ceremony following its 98-87 win over France, and the purchasing window will close on Tuesday at 6:20 p.m. ET, at which time Topps will randomly match a redemption card for the automatic triple-set for one lucky customer.
The redemption card will be sent to the winner within 10 days of the sale closing, according to a Topps spokesperson.
The base card featuring James, Curry and Durant sells for $11.99.
In recent years, cards with James' autograph accompanied by the signatures of Hall of Famers such as Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant have sold at auctions for tens of thousands of dollars.
“I think the card is easily worth six figures,” Ken Goldin, founder and CEO of Goldin Auctions, told ESPN when asked for an estimate of the card's value. “However, the fact that it's not a [pack] The drawn cards cover their value.”
The card is part of the Topps Now program that releases cards directly to consumers as moments in sports history unfold, rather than through a traditional card set that typically commemorates a particular season of a sports league.
“The Topps Now program has revolutionized the way we make trading cards, and a lot of it has to do with technology and digital printing,” Luraschi told ESPN. “So you can make these products on demand and get them to the consumer much faster. So it makes the moments super relevant.”
Topps Now was started by the company in 2016.
The program also released several other cards during Team USA’s run at the Paris Games, including one depicting Curry’s 36-point explosion in the semifinals against Serbia; one honoring Durant becoming the all-time leading scorer in U.S. Olympic basketball history; and one of James and tennis star Coco Gauff serving as U.S. flagbearers during the opening ceremony.
