Woj & VIPRips break a 2009-10 Topps Basketball Box on Black Friday
Adrian Wojnarowski is stepping out of the newsroom and into The Hobby spotlight this Black Friday as he teams up with VIPRips for a special Fanatics Live break of a sealed 2009–10 Topps Basketball box. Their target is one of the most legendary modern chase cards ever produced: Stephen Curry’s missing 1/1 Superfractor rookie card.
The card has never surfaced, turning this break into a rare shot at finding a Hobby white whale. With star power on the screen and an iconic product on the table, this is shaping up to be a Black Friday moment collectors won’t want to miss.
Woj x VIPRips Black Friday Grail Chase
Beginning at 6:00 PM ET, Fanatics Live presents one of its most anticipated Hobby events ever: a live break of a $48,000 sealed 2009–10 Topps Basketball Hobby Box, purchased by VIPRips in last month’s Fanatics Collect Premier Auction.
Inside that box could be the one-of-one Steph Curry Topps Chrome Rookie Superfractor, widely considered one of the most hunted modern cards in existence. If pulled, many believe it would be valued at over $5 million.
Woj will open the box live with VIPRips, reacting to hits, rookies, inserts, and any major Curry pulls. Packs will be auctioned off starting at $1, and one pack will be given away free to viewers during the stream. A signed Steph Curry jersey will also be part of the show’s giveaways.
Alongside the headline rip, the event includes 10 Steph Curry Instant Rips—digital packs offering chances at real, graded Curry cards.
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Headline Rip
- 1× 2009–10 Topps Basketball Hobby Box (36 packs)
- Contains Steph Curry’s rookie cards
- Potential for refractors, autos, and the missing 1/1 Superfractor
Instant Rips
- 10× Steph Curry Instant Rips (digital packs with chances at real, graded cards)
Giveaways
- 1× Pack from the box (free to a viewer)
- Signed Steph Curry jersey
- Additional Black Friday giveaways throughout the show
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The Case of the Missing Curry Superfractor
The greatest modern basketball card might still be sitting in someone’s attic.
That’s the enduring mystery of the Lost Stephen Curry Superfractor, a 1/1 ghost from the final year of Topps Chrome basketball. Released in 2009–10—before Curry rewrote the NBA record books—the product arrived quietly, a mid-tier Chrome set in a Hobby world that didn’t yet understand what was coming. Somewhere in those packs, Topps printed a single Superfractor parallel of a rookie who would soon change basketball forever. And yet, in the 15 years since its release, no one has ever seen it.
Why 2009–10 Topps Basketball Still Matters
The 2009–10 Topps Basketball base set includes 330 cards, featuring superstars like LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Kevin Durant.
Collectors will also find unique early-career uniforms—Shaquille O’Neal with the Suns, Allen Iverson with the Pistons, and other memorable one-year stints.
The final 13 cards of the checklist are rookies, led by Stephen Curry, James Harden, Blake Griffin, and DeMar DeRozan. With Curry emerging as one of the game’s greatest shooters, this set has become a cornerstone of late-2000s collecting.
Due to expiring NBA licensing, rookies appear in their college uniforms, giving the product a distinct look. The full base set includes several numbered parallels, such as Gold to /2009 and Black to /50, as well as multiple 1/1 Printing Plates.
All of this makes the sealed Hobby Box a perfect storm of value, nostalgia, and true chase potential.
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