Player card view
Base Set resolves to 8 tracked cards in the archive. The mapped copy volume for this view is 1,250.
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2003-04 gold parallel card from the debut Upper Deck Exquisite Collection checklist. The full Gold branch shows the debut release was architected as a complete premium shell, not just a single iconic rookie subset.
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2003-04 rainbow parallel card from the debut Upper Deck Exquisite Collection checklist. The one-of-one Rainbow layer reinforces how ambitious the debut Exquisite base architecture already was across both veterans and rookies.
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2004-05
2004-05 base card card from the sophomore Upper Deck Exquisite Collection checklist. The sophomore-year base set preserves the numbered luxury shell that made Exquisite feel premium even at its foundation level.
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2005-06
Checklist-backed 2005-06 base card card from the source-backed Upper Deck Exquisite Collection checklist. The 42-card veteran base keeps the numbered luxury shell intact even in a year more famous for its insert architecture.
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2006-07
LeBron's 2006-07 base card is a useful archival anchor because it ties his mid-run insert presence back to the numbered veteran spine of the release. It keeps the year from reading like nothing but rookie cards and grail inserts.
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2007-08
Generated from the complete 2007-08 checklist CSV for the Base Set branch. Source note: Main 60-card veteran base set.
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2008-09
The archive uses LeBron's 2008 base card as one of the clearest proofs that late-run Exquisite still treated even its veteran shell as a premium object. Cardboard Connection's product prose says the base is /225, but the detailed checklist section shows the actual base numbering as /125, which is the figure preserved here.
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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.
