Local placeholder art. Not an actual card image.
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The archive still uses placeholder art when an exact public reference scan has not been matched cleanly to the checklist entry.
2009-10
This card sits at the absolute top of the 2009 base-structure ladder: a one-of-one LeBron autograph patch built directly on the closing-year veteran shell. It is one of the clearest reasons the final NBA release still deserves true grail-level attention.
| Year | 2009-10 |
|---|---|
| Set | Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball |
| Subset | Exquisite Collection Auto Patch |
| Insert family | Base Autograph Patches |
| Card number | #2 |
| Players | LeBron James |
| Teams | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Rookie | No |
| Autograph | Yes |
| Memorabilia | Yes |
| Serial numbering | 1/1 |
| Appearance kind | solo |
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Local placeholder art. Not an actual card image.
2009-10
LeBron's /199 base card is the cleanest possible marker that 2009 still has a real veteran shell beneath the closing-year mythology. Without cards like this, the final NBA Exquisite release is easy to misremember as only a quirky rookie year.
Local placeholder art. Not an actual card image.
LeBron's Exquisite Patches card is a strong example of the veteran-and-legend patch-auto backbone that still exists in 2009. It helps the final release feel like part of the same luxury lineage rather than a product that only borrows the Exquisite name.
