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Topps unveils rare LeBron, Curry, Durant-signed Paris Olympics memory card

.Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterAug 12, 2024, 08:14 PM ETCloseLakers as well as NBA reporter for ESPN.Dealt with the Lakers and also NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers coming from 2014-18 for ESPN.com as well as the NBA for NBA.com coming from 2005-09. As uncommon as it was for LeBron James, Stephen Sauce and also Kevin Durant to team up for a handful of activities this summer months, right now there is a collectable commemorating their time together at the Paris Olympics that's even rarer.James, Curry and Durant will definitely all signature a 1-of-1 Topps trading card including the gold-medal-winning triad in their red, white and also blue Crew USA attires that are going to be actually delivered to a client at random that purchases the superstars' base memory card coming from the firm." This card commemorates the awesome second that our company observed throughout the Olympics where 3 of the best active basketball players combined to take away the gold medal," Clay-based Luraschi, senior bad habit head of state of item at Topps, said to ESPN. "This particular memory card is actually special since you possess your regular model and after that you possess an autograph model. There is actually been actually several signature memory cards throughout basketball exchanging card background, however this is the first time these 3 players have actually signed the very same card. Therefore, it makes it really special.": A person who gets a Topps Now base memory card from today's Group USA Gold Medal video game will acquire this 1/1 Steph, LeBron, KD three-way auto.This card is actually the first ever:- LeBron Topps auto- LeBron &amp Sauce auto on the exact same memory card- Steph/KD/LeBron tripleAnd to top it ... pic.twitter.com/zzoS6rJhK6u2014 Topps( @Topps )August 10, 2024 The base card was actually provided at 6:20 p.m. ET on Saturday-- quickly after the USA men's baseball crew's gold medal service following its own 98-87 win over France-- and also the investing in window will definitely close Tuesday at 6:20 p.m. ET, whereupon Topps will definitely pair an atonement memory card for the triple-auto randomly for a privileged customer.The atonement card will be delivered to the champion within 10 times of the close of the sale, depending on to a Topps spokesperson.The foundation card featuring James, Sauce and also Durant sells for$ 11.99. Editor's Picks2 RelatedIn latest years, memory cards including James' signature alonged with the trademarks of Venue of Famers including Michael Jordan or even Kobe Bryant have cost auction for tens of 1000s of dollars." I believe the memory card is simply six numbers," Ken Goldin, owner and CEO of Goldin Auctions, informed ESPN when requested for an estimate of the card's truly worth." However, the simple fact it is actually certainly not a [pack] attracted memory card limits its own worth." The memory card becomes part of the Topps Now program that releases memory cards straight to consumers as instants in sports past history unravel, instead of via a traditional memory card prepared that generally commemorates a specific season for a sporting activities game." The Topps Right now system sort of has actually reinvented the way our experts do trading cards, and also a bunch of it involved technology and also electronic publishing," Luraschi told ESPN." So, you have the capacity to perform these products as needed, and also you have the ability to deliver them to the individual much faster. So, it creates the instants extremely pertinent." Topps Now was started due to the firm in 2016. The plan additionally released many various other cards during the course of Staff United States's gone through the Paris Video games, including one showing Curry's 36-point frenzy in the semifinals against Serbia one honoring Durant becoming the all-time leading scorer in united state Olympic basketball past and some of James and also ping pong star Coco Gauff working as America's flag-bearers throughout the position event.