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1998 Topps Roundball Royalty Refractor Kobe Bryant #R18
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The 1998 Topps Roundball Royalty Refractor #R18 features Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant entering his third professional season. Graded Gem Mint 10 by PSA, this card boasts a population of 52 copies at this top grade level. The design utilizes Topps' late-1990s Refractor technology, displaying a diamond-patterned background with full-spectrum light reflection and gold foil accenting across the front typography. Given its condition and population count, this piece serves as an investment-grade basketball asset.
Released within 1998-99 Topps Series 1 packs, the Roundball Royalty insert set showcased the NBA's premier talent with a dual-sided concept featuring an ornate portrait frame on the reverse. The Refractor parallel was produced in far lower quantities than the standard insert version, creating heightened scarcity for collectors of key 1990s parallel sets. The issue captured Bryant directly following his 1997-98 campaign, a year in which he became the youngest All-Star game starter in NBA history at age 19.Show more
$16,230
Sold on AuctionsSep 24, 2026
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