Topps unveils rare Paris Olympic card signed by LeBron, Curry and Durant

As rare as it was for LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant to play together in a few games this summer, there is now an even rarer collectible to commemorate their time together at the Paris Olympics.

James, Curry and Durant will each sign a 1-of-1 Topps trading card featuring the gold medal-winning trio in their red, white and blue Team USA uniforms. The card will be randomly sent to a customer who purchases the Stars’ base card from the company.

“This card is a tribute to the incredible moment we witnessed during the Olympics when three of the greatest active basketball players took home the gold medal together,” Clay Luraschi, senior vice president of product at Topps, told ESPN. “This particular card is special because there is the regular version and then there is a signed version. There have been many different autograph cards in the history of basketball trading cards, but this is the first time these three players have signed the same card. That makes it very unique.”

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The base card was made available at 6:20 p.m. ET on Saturday — shortly after the U.S. basketball team’s gold medal ceremony following its 98-87 victory over France — and the purchase window closes at 6:20 p.m. ET on Tuesday. At that time, Topps will randomly assign a Triple-Auto redemption card to one lucky customer.

According to a Topps spokesperson, the winner will be sent the redemption card within 10 days of the sale closing.

The base card with James, Curry and Durant retails for $11.99.

In recent years, cards bearing James’ autograph and the signatures of Hall of Famers such as Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant have sold at auctions for tens of thousands of dollars.

“I think the card is easily worth six figures,” Ken Goldin, founder and CEO of Goldin Auctions, told ESPN when asked for an estimate of the card’s value. “However, the fact that it’s not a (packaged) card limits its value.”

The card is part of the Topps Now program, which issues cards to consumers directly related to important events in sports history rather than in the form of a traditional card set that usually commemorates a specific season of a sports league.

“The Topps Now program revolutionized the way we make trading cards, and that had a lot to do with technology and digital printing,” Luraschi told ESPN. “So you can make these products on demand and get them to the consumer much faster. That makes the moments super relevant.”

Topps Now was launched by the company in 2016.

The program also released several other cards during the U.S. team’s run at the Paris Games, including one showcasing Curry’s 36-point run in the semifinals against Serbia, one celebrating Durant’s emergence as the best scorer in U.S. Olympic basketball history, and one featuring James and tennis star Coco Gauff as American flag bearers at the opening ceremony.