Research Help - Beckett Slab - LeBron 40/40 Draft Party

HolyShnikesCard · 08-24-2023, 09:00 AM

I picked up this 2003 Topps LeBron the other day at auction and was hoping some of y'all would be able to help confirm the story behind this BGS label?

I'm confused reading the label - it makes it seem like the card is from an event on draft day? Or maybe some sort of redemption through Beckett that was given at the party?

Bit of googling - The 40/40 Club was Jay-Z's famed sports-bar. The club opened June 18, 2003 and it was announced earlier this month that it is closing after 20 years. I didn't know anything about the 40/40 Club until I got this card. It sounds like a fairly legendary place in NYC - or at least one time was.

This 6/26/03 Draft Party would have been one of it's first major events after the grand opening.

Pretty neat story if that's what this card is from?

https://nypost.com/2023/08/16/inside...ing-and-booze/

Here's a pic of 18 year old LeBron at the Grand Opening party at Jay-Z's 40/40 Club - about a week before the draft

wxguy44 · 08-24-2023, 09:15 AM

what does the back of the card look like?

HolyShnikesCard · 08-24-2023, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by wxguy44

what does the back of the card look like?

Sure - here you go. Basic back. I'm just grabbing screenshots off of PWCC

Twoinar · 08-24-2023, 04:34 PM

How did Beckett distinguish between that card and a base card?

HolyShnikesCard · 08-24-2023, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Twoinar

How did Beckett distinguish between that card and a base card?

I guess that's what I'm getting at. Why is the BGS label on my original post so different?

A normal base 03 Topps card should be -
2003 Topps
#221 LEBRON JAMES

Example below -

asujbl · 08-24-2023, 05:01 PM

Have to asked BGS?

That’s why Twitter was invented

HolyShnikesCard · 08-24-2023, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by asujbl

Have to asked BGS?

That’s why Twitter was invented

Tagged them on an Instagram post. Hopefully I get a reply.
I never got into Twitter

08-24-2023, 09:00 AM	#1
HolyShnikesCard Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: HTX / FTW Posts: 12 HolyShnikesCards	Research Help - Beckett Slab - LeBron 40/40 Draft Party I picked up this 2003 Topps LeBron the other day at auction and was hoping some of y'all would be able to help confirm the story behind this BGS label? I'm confused reading the label - it makes it seem like the card is from an event on draft day? Or maybe some sort of redemption through Beckett that was given at the party? Bit of googling - The 40/40 Club was Jay-Z's famed sports-bar. The club opened June 18, 2003 and it was announced earlier this month that it is closing after 20 years. I didn't know anything about the 40/40 Club until I got this card. It sounds like a fairly legendary place in NYC - or at least one time was. This 6/26/03 Draft Party would have been one of it's first major events after the grand opening. Pretty neat story if that's what this card is from? https://nypost.com/2023/08/16/inside...ing-and-booze/ Here's a pic of 18 year old LeBron at the Grand Opening party at Jay-Z's 40/40 Club - about a week before the draft

08-24-2023, 05:01 PM	#6
asujbl Temporarily Suspended Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 63,010 ohiosundevils	Have to asked BGS? That’s why Twitter was invented __________________ https://ohiosundevils.smugmug.com/ Browns/Cavs/Tribe/Buckeyes/Jackets/Devils TheFrenzy - “Blowout ain't a place for normies”

08-24-2023, 09:15 AM	#2
wxguy44 Member Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: NC Posts: 857 rain_doctor	what does the back of the card look like?

08-24-2023, 04:34 PM	#4
Twoinar Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 392	How did Beckett distinguish between that card and a base card?