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Placeholder image policy
The archive still uses placeholder art when an exact public reference scan has not been matched cleanly to the checklist entry.
2008-09
Flawless Autograph is one of the sub-families that makes 2008's autograph layer feel curated rather than generic. Durant's /50 card is a strong second-year marker inside that structure.
| Year | 2008-09 |
|---|---|
| Set | Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball |
| Subset | Flawless Autograph |
| Insert family | Autographs and Flawless Autographs |
| Card number | #FLAW-KD |
| Players | Kevin Durant |
| Teams | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| Rookie | No |
| Autograph | Yes |
| Memorabilia | No |
| Serial numbering | /50 |
| Appearance kind | solo |
Project source notes
Source references
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Durant's second-year Limited Logos helps give 2008 a real cross-era star layer. It is the kind of card that keeps the set feeling broad and premium instead of rookie-only.
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TCDB documents Durant at card #94 in the four-card /99 summit of the 2007 rookie autograph-memorabilia structure. That matters because it gives the late-run set a true flagship rather than a generic star rookie, and Cardboard Connection's all-time Exquisite rookie ranking puts the card at #2 overall.
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The plain Autographs branch matters because it shows 2008-09 still values clean on-card star autographs outside the memorabilia-heavy lanes. LeBron's /23 example gives that family immediate collector weight.
