Once more Topps led its set with Wilt — card #1 of 1972-73, the last card issued during his playing career, from the more popular of the two “tall boy” sets.

It closes the loop the 1961 Fleer opened: the first and the last, bookending a career that rewrote the record book so thoroughly the league changed its rules to slow him down.

The first and the last, from end to end.

As a set’s #1 and a career’s final card, it carries a weight beyond its price.