Topps Finest cards are generally recognized as one of the earliest chromium basketball sets in modern collecting, so I had to include the first NBA-licensed chrome card of “His Airness” from 1993.

In any case, he might want to get that card sealed and graded. Topps card No. 196 is one of the most coveted in the 1974 series, if not basketball cards in general.

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And it certainly shows in his card market. Flagg’s top sale to date — his 2024 Topps Chrome McDonalds All American Half-Court Offense Signatures SuperFractor PSA GEM MT 10, PSA/DNA GEM MT 10 ...

Of course, a Kareem-sized reason those 1986 cards are so valuable is that almost nobody was buying hoops cards back then. Baseball was king, and basketball was barely even in the conversation.

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The San Antonio Spurs hold the No. 1 pick in the upcoming 2023 NBA Draft. Should the Spurs select him (which they obviously will), NBA fans will make a mad dash to get a box of cards hoping to ...

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