Local placeholder art. Not an actual card image.
Placeholder image policy
The archive still uses placeholder art when an exact public reference scan has not been matched cleanly to the checklist entry.
2004-05
Number Pieces is one of the best expressions of Exquisite's collector-minded design language, and LeBron's /23 example makes that idea especially legible. The card is important not only because of the player, but because it shows how the sophomore set kept turning serial numbering itself into part of the storytelling.
| Year | 2004-05 |
|---|---|
| Set | Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball |
| Subset | Number Pieces Autographs |
| Insert family | Number Pieces and Numbers |
| Card number | #LJ |
| Players | LeBron James |
| Teams | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Rookie | No |
| Autograph | Yes |
| Memorabilia | Yes |
| Serial numbering | /23 |
| Appearance kind | solo |
Project source notes
Source references
Exact public reference scan matched to this specific 2003 card from a Google-surfaced card page. External image remains hosted by the source.
A debut-year Number Pieces sample. Tying the print run to LeBron's jersey number is part of what made early Exquisite feel so specific, deliberate, and collectible.
Local placeholder art. Not an actual card image.
Jordan's 2004-05 Limited Logos card is a clean reminder that the sophomore release was not living on rookie cards alone. With Limited Logos expanding to a 42-card /50 family, the set presents a mature veteran-and-icon insert architecture that deserves equal weight in the archive.
Local placeholder art. Not an actual card image.
The corrected 2006 Jordan-LeBron Dual Enshrinements card is a /10, not a generic later-year placeholder. That matters because it places the card exactly where seasoned collectors expect it: in the honor-case part of the release, where the set stages icons as prestige pairings rather than just memorabilia pairings.
