You guys are missing three key points:
1) LeBron is one of the most popular athletes in the world and many people only collect athletes they see play, have seen play, or will see play.
2) LeBron has an exclusive autograph agreement with Upper Deck and Panini has an exclusive agreement with the NBA. Thus, there are no new Lebron NBA licensed autographed cards are being made and certainly no autographed logoman cards.
3) Many NBA collectors consider the “Exquisite” series to be the best high end basketball release ever yet it is no longer being produced since Panini has the exclusive NBA license.
So, in a sense, it’s not really artifical scarcity after all. I personally don’t have any interest in these cards, but I’m not surprised that others do and could see the buyers profiting even at these prices.
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