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Sue Bird
2002 · Ultra WNBA · #101
Bird’s Ultra WNBA #101 is a rookie issue separate from her Fleer Authentix card.
- Sport
- Basketball
- Year / season
- 2002
- Set
- Ultra WNBA
- Number
- #101
- Format
- Card
- Issue status
- Rookie card
About this card
Sue Bird’s 2002 Ultra WNBA card is number 101 in that release. Fleer made WNBA cards under its glossy Ultra brand in the early 2000s.
The catalog labels this a rookie card, based on the source cited below.
How to identify it
Record the brand, year and number together: the same player often has several similar cards from one season, and the number alone can point to the wrong one.
In Sue Bird’s run
Sue Bird has 2 entries in this catalog, from 2002 to 2019, and this is the earliest of them. Nearby entries are listed below, so you can compare the releases that sit around this one.
In the 2002 checklist
This is the only entry from the 2002 Ultra WNBA release in the catalog so far. The full release has more cards; this page covers the one cataloged here.
What to know about this issue
- The Ultra WNBA rookie was distributed through a redemption card.
- Gold Medallion is a separate parallel; retain Ultra WNBA in the full set identity.
Inspect the source
Source reviewed 2026-10-07. The source describes this issue; it does not verify any item offered by a third party.
The PSA reference confirms the basic issue identity. Edition notes retain the reviewed Beckett checklist attribution; that site was unavailable during our October 7 review.
- PSA CardFacts: 2002 Ultra WNBA Sue Bird #101 (opens in a new tab)
- Beckett: WNBA Rookie Card Guide — Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi (unavailable at October 7 review) (opens in a new tab)
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The issue stays 2002 · Ultra WNBA. These are research checks, not a condition assessment of a specimen.
Raw / ungraded
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