Topps Basketball #138
Kobe Bryant
Rookie card
Bryant’s regular Topps #138 is explicitly identified as a rookie by PSA.
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Kobe Bryant
1996
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Topps Chrome Basketball #138
Kobe Bryant
Rookie card
The base Topps Chrome #138 Bryant rookie, separate from the Refractor.
Kobe Bryant in this catalog.
Kobe Bryant has 2 basketball entries in this catalog, from 1996 to 1996, across 2 releases: Topps Basketball and Topps Chrome Basketball.
2 of them carry a rookie label: 1996 Topps Basketball #138 and 1996 Topps Chrome Basketball #138.
The earliest entry here is the 1996 Topps Basketball #138, and the most recent is the 1996 Topps Chrome Basketball #138.
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