.Dave McMenamin, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 12, 2024, 08:14 PM ETCloseLakers and also NBA press reporter for ESPN.Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com coming from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and also the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. As uncommon as it was actually for LeBron James, Stephen Sauce and Kevin Durant to team up for a handful of video games this summer season, currently there is actually a collectable celebrating their time with each other at the Paris Olympics that is actually even rarer.James, Sauce as well as Durant will all autograph a 1-of-1 Topps trading memory card featuring the gold-medal-winning trio in their red, white colored and also blue Staff United States outfits that will certainly be delivered to a consumer at random that obtains the celebrities' foundation card coming from the provider." This card commemorates the awesome moment that our company saw during the Olympics where three of the greatest energetic baseball gamers incorporated to take home the gold medal," Clay Luraschi, senior bad habit head of state of product at Topps, told ESPN. "This particular card is actually exclusive since you possess your normal variation and after that you possess an autograph version. There's been actually many different signature memory cards throughout baseball investing card background, however this is the first time these 3 players have signed the exact same memory card. So, it makes it incredibly distinct.": An individual who gets a Topps Now base card from today's Group U.S.A. Gold Award video game will acquire this 1/1 Steph, LeBron, KD triple auto.This memory card is actually the first ever:- LeBron Topps auto- LeBron & Curry vehicle on the exact same memory card- Steph/KD/LeBron tripleAnd to top it ... pic.twitter.com/zzoS6rJhK6u2014 Topps( @Topps )August 10, 2024 The foundation memory card was actually provided at 6:20 p.m. ET on Saturday-- quickly after the U.S. guys's baseball team's gold award service following its 98-87 sway France-- and the purchasing window will definitely finalize Tuesday at 6:20 p.m. ET, at which point Topps will certainly combine an atonement card for the triple-auto randomly for a fortunate customer.The redemption memory card are going to be sent out to the victor within 10 times of the shut of the sale, according to a Topps spokesperson.The bottom card featuring James, Curry and Durant sells for$ 11.99. Publisher's Picks2 RelatedIn recent years, memory cards featuring James' sign alonged with the trademarks of Venue of Famers such as Michael Jordan or even Kobe Bryant have actually cost public auction for 10s of 1000s of bucks." I think the card is actually quickly six amounts," Ken Goldin, owner and also CEO of Goldin Public auctions, informed ESPN when sought an estimate of the card's worth." Nevertheless, the fact it is actually not a [pack] drew memory card hats its own value." The memory card becomes part of the Topps Currently plan that releases memory cards straight to customers as moments in sporting activities history unfold, rather than via a typical memory card set that commonly honors a particular season for a sporting activities organization." The Topps Currently program sort of has changed the method our company perform trading cards, and a lot of it concerned technology and also electronic printing," Luraschi told ESPN." Thus, you have the capacity to perform these items as needed, and also you have the capacity to deliver them to the consumer much quicker. Therefore, it makes the instants super relevant." Topps Now was actually started due to the company in 2016. The system additionally discharged several other memory cards during the course of Group U.S.A.'s gone through the Paris Games, consisting of one depicting Curry's 36-point frenzy in the semifinals versus Serbia one recognizing Durant ending up being the all-time leading marker in USA Olympic basketball past as well as among James as well as ping pong superstar Coco Gauff working as United States's flag-bearers during the course of the position ceremony.