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Topps introduces rare LeBron, Sauce, Durant-signed Paris Olympics memory card

.Dave McMenamin, ESPN Team WriterAug 12, 2024, 08:14 PM ETCloseLakers and also NBA media reporter for ESPN.Covered the Lakers and also NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com coming from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and also the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. As unusual as it was for LeBron James, Stephen Curry and also Kevin Durant to collaborate for a handful of games this summer, currently there is a collectable celebrating their time with each other at the Paris Olympics that's also rarer.James, Sauce and also Durant will definitely all autograph a 1-of-1 Topps trading card featuring the gold-medal-winning triad in their red, white colored as well as blue Group USA attires that will definitely be actually sent to a client randomly who buys the celebrities' foundation memory card from the business." This memory card pays tribute to the fabulous minute that our experts saw in the course of the Olympics where three of the greatest energetic baseball gamers incorporated to take home the gold medal," Clay Luraschi, elderly vice head of state of product at Topps, told ESPN. "This specific card is exclusive considering that you have your regular variation and after that you have a signature version. There's been several sign memory cards throughout baseball trading card past history, however this is actually the very first time these three gamers have authorized the very same memory card. Thus, it creates it incredibly unique.": Somebody that purchases a Topps Now servile memory card from today's Group USA Gold Medal video game will certainly acquire this 1/1 Steph, LeBron, KD three-way auto.This memory card is the first ever:- LeBron Topps car- LeBron &amp Curry car on the same memory card- Steph/KD/LeBron tripleAnd to top it ... pic.twitter.com/zzoS6rJhK6u2014 Topps( @Topps )August 10, 2024 The base memory card was actually offered at 6:20 p.m. ET on Sunday-- quickly after the united state men's baseball team's gold medal event observing its own 98-87 gain France-- and also the purchasing home window will finalize Tuesday at 6:20 p.m. ET, at which point Topps are going to combine a redemption card for the triple-auto randomly for a lucky customer.The redemption card will definitely be delivered to the winner within 10 days of the shut of the sale, depending on to a Topps spokesperson.The base card featuring James, Curry and also Durant sells for$ 11.99. Editor's Picks2 RelatedIn current years, cards including James' autograph alonged with the signatures of Venue of Famers such as Michael Jordan or even Kobe Bryant have sold at auction for 10s of thousands of dollars." I think the card is simply 6 amounts," Ken Goldin, founder and also CEO of Goldin Auctions, told ESPN when sought an estimate of the memory card's really worth." Nevertheless, the simple fact it is not a [pack] drew memory card hats its own value." The card belongs to the Topps Right now plan that launches memory cards directly to consumers as moments in sporting activities past history unfurl, as opposed to via a conventional card established that commonly celebrates a certain season for a sports organization." The Topps Currently plan sort of has actually changed the method our team do trading cards, and a ton of it related to technology as well as electronic printing," Luraschi informed ESPN." Therefore, you manage to do these products as needed, as well as you manage to deliver them to the customer a lot quicker. Thus, it creates the seconds extremely pertinent." Topps Now was launched due to the firm in 2016. The program likewise launched many other cards in the course of Team USA's gone through the Paris Games, consisting of one showing Curry's 36-point flare-up in the semifinals versus Serbia one honoring Durant ending up being the all-time leading marker in united state Olympic basketball past history and among James as well as tennis superstar Coco Gauff serving as America's flag-bearers during the position ceremony.