While Upper Deck’s groundbreaking 2003-04 Exquisite Collection release helped redefine ultra-modern, high-end collecting that remains a pillar of basketball cards today, it wasn’t the company’s first foray into developing a super premium product. In 2000, UD’s Ultimate Collection hit retail shelves with a $100-per-pack price point. The line remained popular with collectors in the following years, leading up to LeBron James’ introduction to the NBA in 2003. Collectors eagerly chased the King’s rookie autos in both Exquisite and Ultimate, including cards such as this beautiful Ultimate Signatures from the latter.
The clean design and foil highlights help the 10-grade signature pop against the lightly colored background.
Graded a Gem Mint 9.5, just three copies have a higher grade in the BGS registry. This card includes 9.5 subgrades for Centering, Edges and Surface.
The certification number on this card has been checked against the third-party grader's online database and is active as of 01/09/2026.
This item was flash inserted on Jan 10, 2026.
