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2003-04 base card card from the debut Upper Deck Exquisite Collection checklist. The base set established Exquisite's numbered foundation and helped prove that even the regular cards in this release would be treated as premium objects.
Base SetSet Foundation Cards/225Yao Ming

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2003-04 gold parallel card from the debut Upper Deck Exquisite Collection checklist. The full Gold branch shows the debut release was architected as a complete premium shell, not just a single iconic rookie subset.
Base SetSet Foundation Cards/25Yao Ming

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2003-04 rainbow parallel card from the debut Upper Deck Exquisite Collection checklist. The one-of-one Rainbow layer reinforces how ambitious the debut Exquisite base architecture already was across both veterans and rookies.
Base SetSet Foundation Cards1/1Yao Ming

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2004-05 base card card from the sophomore Upper Deck Exquisite Collection checklist. The sophomore-year base set preserves the numbered luxury shell that made Exquisite feel premium even at its foundation level.
Base SetSet Foundation Cards/225Yao Ming

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Checklist-backed 2005-06 base card card from the source-backed Upper Deck Exquisite Collection checklist. The 42-card veteran base keeps the numbered luxury shell intact even in a year more famous for its insert architecture.
Base SetSet Foundation Cards/225Yao Ming

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Listed on the linked TCDB checklist entry for the Base Set branch. The 42-card veteran base keeps the year anchored in classic numbered Exquisite luxury rather than letting 2006 collapse into a rookie-only story. Source note: Main 42-card veteran base set.
Base SetSet Foundation Cards/225Yao Ming

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Generated from the complete 2007-08 checklist CSV for the Base Set branch. Source note: Main 60-card veteran base set.
Base SetSet Foundation Cards/225Yao Ming

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2008-09 base checklist entry. The archive follows the checklist-backed /125 numbering here because the detailed checklist and surviving examples line up with that scarcer veteran shell. Source note: Main 60-card veteran base branch.
Base SetSet Foundation Cards/125Yao Ming

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Listed on the Beckett 2009-10 checklist as part of the Exquisite Collection branch. This 42-card /199 shell is the closing veteran backbone of NBA Exquisite, which gives the final year a restrained premium foundation instead of a loose farewell feel.
Base SetSet Foundation Cards/199Yao Ming