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Old 07-16-2025, 10:38 AM   #1
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Default 2024/25 Topps Chrome Basketball Sapphire
Sapphire going up

https://www.topps.com/pages/topps-ch...tball-sapphire
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Old 07-16-2025, 11:05 AM   #2
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$200 with 1 auto per box
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Old 07-16-2025, 11:14 AM   #3
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Hard to blindly buy w/o a checklist...could be a bunch of scrub autos inserted in each box.
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Old 07-16-2025, 01:19 PM   #4
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Hard to blindly buy w/o a checklist...almost definitely a bunch of scrub autos inserted in each box.
Fixed it for ya'
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Old 07-16-2025, 02:08 PM   #5
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Hard to blindly buy w/o a checklist...could be a bunch of scrub autos inserted in each box.
Considering it is still available, probably a safe assumption.
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Old 07-16-2025, 03:25 PM   #7
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Hard to see a case being worth less than 1,999 even with a questionable checklist.
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When is it supposed to ship?
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Old 07-16-2025, 06:52 PM   #9
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When is it supposed to ship?
I think it said 7/31.
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Old 07-16-2025, 10:12 PM   #10
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Green Sapphire /99 (1:7 packs)
Gold Sapphire /50 (1:9)
Orange Sapphire /25 (1:17)
Purple Sapphire /10 (1:42)
Red Sapphire /5 (1:84)
Padparadscha /1 (1:417)

Insert sets include Sapphire Selections (1:11), a collection of the top talent from the 2024 NBA Draft, and Infinity (1:160), which features 25 leading NBA stars.

According to Beckett. Appears to be a shortened checklist overall. 8 packs and 4 cards per pack. Quality of the auto checklist will make or break the value. $199 is at least more reasonable than the $499 last year.
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Old 07-16-2025, 10:47 PM   #11
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Hard to see a case being worth less than 1,999 even with a questionable checklist.
For most that overall cost was probably actually $2100 or so.

23-24 Sapphire is selling for only about 10% higher than Hobby.
24-25 Hobby is around $120.

You're also going to have licensed Topps Chrome Basketball Sapphire cards most likely before the end of the year. But good luck with your investment.
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Old 07-16-2025, 11:49 PM   #12
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For most that overall cost was probably actually $2100 or so.

23-24 Sapphire is selling for only about 10% higher than Hobby.
24-25 Hobby is around $120.

You're also going to have licensed Topps Chrome Basketball Sapphire cards most likely before the end of the year. But good luck with your investment.
Giving degeneracy to buy this unlicensed stuff. Just be patient.
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no checklist out yet smells oddly like panini here cough cough
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Old 07-22-2025, 05:44 AM   #15
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Old 07-22-2025, 07:14 AM   #16
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I'm just not a fan of Topps unlicensed basketball at all. You can dress it up in Sapphire, add Lebron autos all you want, the goofy photoshop/airbrushed pics are just a huge turnoff to me
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I'm just not a fan of Topps unlicensed basketball at all. You can dress it up in Sapphire, add Lebron autos all you want, the goofy photoshop/airbrushed pics are just a huge turnoff to me
Agreed. I'd honestly rather pictures of them in their street clothes or warmups (a la Curry's Topps rookie) than the airbrushed no logo pics.
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I'm just not a fan of Topps unlicensed basketball at all. You can dress it up in Sapphire, add Lebron autos all you want, the goofy photoshop/airbrushed pics are just a huge turnoff to me
I don't think it's just the unlicensed, either. The designs in general just look like complete sh!t.

Look at the latest Topps Chrome. Look like they hired somebody responsible for the CGI in a B-Movie from 90's



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No amount of team logos can fix that
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I'm a graphic designer by day, and I can tell you from my expert opinion that those designs look like trash. Good lord
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I'm a graphic designer by day, and I can tell you from my expert opinion that those designs look like trash. Good lord
The licensed era can't come soon enough.
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The licensed era can't come soon enough.
Even with licenses there's no guarantee that the designs will get better. I despise the "RC" logos. The card designs are childish.
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I don't think it's just the unlicensed, either. The designs in general just look like complete sh!t.

Look at the latest Topps Chrome. Look like they hired somebody responsible for the CGI in a B-Movie from 90's



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No amount of team logos can fix that

Agree with this as well
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I'm a graphic designer by day, and I can tell you from my expert opinion that those designs look like trash. Good lord
They look done by AI.
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Does anyone want to see the name of the city in huge letters at the top?
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They look done by AI.
Those backgrounds yes. Complete trash
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