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$500 packs of cards may yield big return, Philadelphia Inquirer
"...Upper Deck's NBA Exquisite Collection cards will retail for $500 per pack of five cards. There's no decimal point there: It's five hundred dollars. Many buyers will be hoping to score one of the ultra-rare LeBron James cards the set contains and flip it - that is, sell it to other collectors for even more....."
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Upper Deck selling sports cards for $500 a pack, San Diego Union Tribume
"...One card, which features NBA logos cut from game-worn jerseys of superstars LeBron James and Kobe Bryant, hit $14,000 in an eBay auction in less than four hours.
Matt Mossette, owner of Mossette's Sports Cards in Fresno, recalled that his "heart was really pumping" when one of his regular customers pulled the card from one of the four packs he bought.
Mossette ordered seven packs and sold them all. He has two more on the way..."
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Card was pulled at Mossette's Sports Card in Fresno, CA.
"Upper Deck continues to take the hobby to new heights, and this is just
another example" , "Upper Deck is second none with the quality and
production of sports memorabilia" . -- Rick Mirigian
Collector strikes it rich with trading card
By Darren Rovell, ESPN - June 15, 2004
"Let's say there was an extremely large adrenaline rush involved," said Mirigian, a 27-year-old concert promoter, recalling the moment he opened the pack.
The card is now on eBay, its most current bid up to $25,000 with more than five days left at auction. Just another lucrative transaction in the waiting for Mirigian, who peddles between $60,000 and $100,000 worth of cards on the site every month.
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