1997-98 Flair Showcase Basketball features some of the earliest 1/1 cards for the sport. Flair's Masterpiece cards carry an important legacy in the hobby's history.
Similarly, Kobe Bryant has a legacy of his own that includes intensity and a incesstantly competitive spirit where greatness comes through hard work.
Flair Showcase's memorable run that began in the late 1990s goes beyond it's one-of-a-kind cards. There's also the tiered structure of the base set where the same players get the same card numbers but different layouts and rarities between rows. The result is some of the most attractive cards of the era. Each uses multiple photos and elegant foil as well. For the 1997-98 set, players have four different base cards falling in Rows 0 through 3. Each of those cards has just two parallels, /100 Legacy Collection and the 1/1 Legacy Collection Masterpiece.
This 1997-98 Flair Showcase Legacy Collection Masterpiece Row 3 Kobe Bryant is one of his most important one-of-a-kind cards. Coming from just his second season in the NBA, it's from a highly regarded set and brings with it stunning beauty that combines action and emotion. Tying into the Lakers legacy, it's part of the Showtime subset as well.
Just like Mamba, there's no other card quite like this one.
The certification number on this card has been checked against the third-party grader's online database and is active as of 10/31/2025.
