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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.
2009-10
Rookie Patch Flashback is one of the smartest ideas in the final NBA release because it openly turns 2009 into a conversation with 2003. A Jordan example like this makes the set feel self-aware and historically framed instead of just late.
| Year | 2009-10 |
|---|---|
| Set | Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball |
| Subset | Flashback |
| Insert family | Rookie Patch Flashback |
| Card number | #78A |
| Players | Michael Jordan |
| Teams | Chicago Bulls |
| 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.
The defining card of the debut Exquisite release for many collectors: a source-backed LeBron James rookie patch autograph from the celebrated /99 tier. Its long-term market history and symbolism helped cement 2003 Exquisite as a cornerstone of the modern high-end basketball card era.
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Stephen Curry is the most important reason the final NBA Exquisite release cannot be dismissed as a mere epilogue. The card is not a classic NBA patch autograph, but it is a source-backed Curry autograph inside the 37-card /225 rookie spine, and that alone gives 2009-10 lasting collector gravity.
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Jordan in 2009 Limited Logos is one of the clearest reminders that the final NBA release still knows how to speak fluent Exquisite. The year is not carried by rookies alone; it still deploys Jordan in exactly the kind of prestige patch-auto branch collectors expect.
