Topps marked its eagerly awaited return to the hardwood with Victor Wembanyama’s first widely available professional autographed basketball cards in its 2023 Chrome release. But that was just the beginning of the groundbreaking Wembanyama wonders the trading card giant would provide. The 2023 Topps Mercury Victor Wembanyama set launched Wemby signatures into the stratosphere with an enormous slate of astounding autographs – one of which is on offer here.
Cards bringing together two or all three of Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James – and their signatures – have been collector targets for years, standing as some of the most iconic basketball printings of the 21st century. The Mercury release included Wembanyama’s first high-end, premier autograph pairings by way of six Dual Autographs. Wemby was paired with six fellow Rookie of the Year winners from the hardwood and gridiron – Jason Kidd, Tony Parker, David Robinson, Shaquille O’Neal, C.J. Stroud, and, most notably, James. The #VW-LJ pairing instantly became one of the most coveted cards of Wemby’s early career. Topps produced two parallel versions of the card – a Red Refractor /5 and this spectacular 1/1 Superfractor. The card brings together the greatest player of his generation and the San Antonio superstar who might hold that title once he wraps up what is shaping up to be an all-time great career.
