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Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta
I think most kids these days are more interested in buying cards of more exciting players like Wiggins, Kat, porzingis, etc. Lebron is more like your daddy's favorite player - not very interesting and on the downhill side of his career.
Twenty years from now, brons cards will be forgotten like other greats such as pippen, Karl Malone, and John Stockton, much like football had Montana, Marino and elway - great players of a previous generation, but not long lasting and historic like Jordan. Only the old fogies will be looking for Lebron cards - like those single, fat old geriatric dudes smelling up the card shows.
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I disagree with this quite strongly.
LeBron is generally regarded as a top 5 player of all-time (unlike Malone, Stockton, etc) and is very popular worldwide. Even without winning any more championships, his legacy could/should still grow as he potentially breaks some all-time records.
Meanwhile, his NBA autographs were only made between 2003 and 2009, so you'll see those cards increase in value each year as collectors want a LeBron auto for their collection but supply is so limited.
Now if he was signing crap mass produced cards for Panini (like Kobe does) then it might be a different story. Mind you, Kobe's Upper Deck autos continue to sell for high prices.
TLDR: Panini sucks. LeBron doesn't.