2009 Exquisite Collection Michael Jordan PATCH AUTO DNA 10 /23 #78A PSA AUTH

In January 2009, the NBA announced it had reached an agreement with Panini to become the exclusive manufacturer of licensed basketball cards, but existing manufacturers Topps and Upper Deck had enough time to release a few sets each before the agreement fell into place. Determined to drum up an exciting last hurrah, Upper Deck kept production of its final iteration of Exquisite Collection a secret—even to most of the company’s employees. One such secret was the 18-card Exquisite Rookie Patch Flashbacks, which included prominent players from the NBA, NFL, and NHL on the iconic 2003 Exquisite Collection flagship RPA design. That design originally featured LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh’s RPAs and helped supercharge the high-end card landscape. Every card in the 2009 Flashback set is serial numbered to /25, except for Jordan, whose card is short-printed to /23—a jersey number-matching figure Upper Deck used on many of his post-career cards