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Basketball card collecting isn’t just nostalgia — it’s high-stakes treasure hunting. Some of these legendary cards have shattered auction records, rewritten the market, and turned ordinary collectors ...

2025 has been a year of record setting grail sales and hobby enthusiasm that even has Karl-Anthony Townes ripping packs on YouTube. According to Card Ladder, basketball cards as a category are up ...

Given the hype that surrounded LeBron James when he entered the NBA at age 18 in 2003 and his ongoing career, there is no shortage of his basketball cards to choose from. David Berding / Getty Images ...