Topps Unveils Rare Paris Olympics Card Signed by LeBron, Curry and Durant

It was already rare to see LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant play a few games together this summer, but now there’s a collector’s item commemorating their time together at the Paris Olympics that’s even rarer.

James, Curry and Durant will each sign a one-of-a-kind Topps trading card featuring the gold-medal-winning trio in their red, white and blue Team USA uniforms. It will be sent to a random customer who purchases the star base card from the company.

“This card pays tribute to the incredible moment we saw at the Olympics when three of the best active basketball players came together to take home the gold medal,” Clay Luraschi, senior vice president of product at Topps, told ESPN. “This card is special because you have the regular version and then you have an autographed version — there have been a lot of different autographed cards in the history of basketball trading cards, but this is the first time that all three players have signed the same card. So that makes it very unique.”

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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 won the gold medal following its 98-87 victory over France. The purchase period ends at 6:20 p.m. ET on Tuesday, at which point Topps will randomly match a triple-auto redemption card to one lucky customer.

According to a Topps spokesperson, the redemption card will be shipped to the winner within 10 days of the end of the sale.

The base card featuring James, Curry and Durant costs $11.99.

In recent years, cards signed by James and other Hall of Fame stars like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant have sold for tens of thousands of dollars at auction.

“I think it’s worth six figures easily,” Ken Goldin, founder and CEO of Goldin Auctions, told ESPN when asked for an estimate of the card’s value. “But the fact that it’s not a (pack) pulled card limits its value.”

The card is part of the Topps Now program, which delivers cards directly to consumers as key moments in sports history occur, rather than through a traditional card set that typically commemorates a specific season of a sports league.

“The Topps Now program has revolutionized the way we create trading cards, and a lot of that has to do with technology and digital printing,” Luraschi told ESPN. “So you can create these products on demand and you can get them to the consumer much faster. So it makes the moments super relevant.”

Topps Now was founded by the company in 2016.

The program also released several other cards during the Team USA Olympics, including a card featuring Curry’s 36-point outburst in the semifinal against Serbia; a card honoring Durant, who became the all-time leading scorer in U.S. basketball history at the Olympics; and a card featuring James and tennis star Coco Gauff as U.S. flag bearers during the Olympic opening ceremony.