2004/05 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball Cards Box
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In a surprise announcement - Upper Deck confirmed that it is bringing back Exquisite Collection Basketball. ?Based on last year?s popularity of Exquisite - we observed collectors? strong demand for the Exquisite Collection boxes and the single cards - ? says Upper Deck product manager Karvin Cheung. ?We realized the market was hungry for another set.? UD Exquisite Collection originally released last year with an SRP of $500 per pack (the highest ever for a new product in all sports) - and was packaged in three-pack cases. Recent sales of Exquisite Collection cases have topped $4 - 000 - which works out to more than $1 - 330 per pack. A complete base set of Exquisite is valued at $10 - 750. The LeBron James Rookie Card out of 2003-04 Exquisite is ranked as the most valuable basketball RC of all time at $2 - 900. The Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony RCs in the same base set are the third and fourth most valuable RCs in history - valued at $2 - 000 and $1 - 200 respectively. The only other card that ranks higher in value is the 1948 Bowman George Mikan RC #69 at $2 - 500. The UD Exquisite Collection All-NBA Access Press Patches (serially numbered 1/1 and featuring the NBA logo patch off of a game-worn jersey) made national headlines when the Kobe Bryant/LeBron James sold for $62 - 100 - and the Michael Jordan/Kobe Bryant sold for $27 - 000. The $62 - 100 sale is the second highest modern era (1986-87-present) sale of all time - falling behind the first BGS 9.5 Gem Mint 1986-87 Fleer #57 Michael Jordan RC at $77 - 600. The 2004-05 product will hit streets on June 28. Each ?pack? is a crafted cherry wood box containing five cards. Each pack will deliver a regular card numbered to 225 - a signed Rookie Card numbered to 225 and other patch and autographed cards. ?We knew that if we were going to come back with Exquisite that it needed to include far superior content - and I think we?ve accomplished that - ? Cheung says. Press Plates that were used to create several of last year?s LeBron James cards will be inserted into the 2004-05 release. Those plates depicting cards that were autographed will also be signed by James. Autographed 1-of-1 Logoman Patches return with dual cards featuring full NBA logo patches. Collectors will also find Triple Logoman cards in this year?s release. Exquisite Rookie Patches LV1 are autographed and numbered to 99. Level 1 rookies include Andre Iguodala - Josh Childress - Devin Harris - Ben Gordon - Luol Deng and Dwight Howard. Rare autographs appearing in Exquisite include Scottie Pippen - Dennis Rodman and current MVP Steve Nash. Only $799.95 - Click here to buy now! |