PWCC Marketplace reported the record sale for a PSA 10 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie card at $840,000 late Saturday night. The sale, which took place in the company's July topped the previous mark for a Jordan rookie card by more than $100,000. According to PWCC's Jesse Craig, the Jordan card in its auction was pulled from a pack not long ago by … [Read more...]
New Heritage Auction Has 12 Jordan Rookie Cards
It’s a Jordan rookie-palooza at Heritage Auctions. The company unveiled the second event in its newly launched monthly auction platform on Thursday night, with the two-week sale highlighted by no less than 12 Michael Jordan Fleer rookie cards–mostly of the higher end variety– and six rookie stickers. The roster includes a PSA 10 (est. value $500,000 and … [Read more...]
100 Hottest Michael Jordan Basketball Cards on eBay
He's in the Hall of Fame now, long retired from the NBA. Still, collectors and fans who remember him still flock to eBay to find Michael Jordan basketball cards. In fact, it's one of the company's highest volume searches of any kind. Now, with The Last Dance generating renewed interest in Jordan and the dominant Chicago Bulls championship run, demand has … [Read more...]
Trout’s First Game Jersey, Modern Cards, Ruth Items Among Key Pieces at Lelands
Mike Trout’s 2011 first game-worn jersey, the penultimate Tom Brady rookie card, and a complete 1986-87 Fleer basketball PSA 10 set are among the headliers in the Lelands 2021 Spring Classic Auction, which opened a bit ahead of schedule on Thursday. The jersey is photo-matched to July 8, 2011, when a-then 19-year-old Trout made his debut in a home game against the Seattle … [Read more...]
Record Price for Jordan Sticker in Goldin’s 1st Monthly Auction
One of 119 copies of Michael Jordan’s 1986-87 Fleer Stickers graded PSA 10 sold for over $234,000 as Goldin Auctions closed out its first Monthly Trading Card Auction. The price broke a record for the grade established just a week earlier when another sold for $200,100 through PWCC Marketplace Auctions. Fewer than one percent of the more than 13,000 Jordan rookie … [Read more...]
Avid Fleer Collector’s Jordan “Rookie Rainbow” Part of Wheatland Auction
One collector’s 34-year obsession with basketball cards—and 1980s Fleer in particular—is on display inside a unique run of the hobby’s hottest card now up for auction. Wheatland Auctions is offering a run of Michael Jordan rookie cards—10 in all—including a run of cards in every grade, from PSA 1-8, all consigned by one avid 1986-87 Fleer basketball collector. The … [Read more...]
1986-87 Fleer Basketball Sticker Set Carving Own Niche
The aftermath of the settlement between Topps and its early 1980s trading card rivals pushed gum out of wax packs at Fleer and Donruss so the companies apparently felt they had to come up with some kind of added attraction. For Donruss, it was puzzle pieces. Fleer opted for something equally interactive but more practical. After all, what good is a puzzle piece if you're … [Read more...]
Notes: Basketball Pop Report Numbers; Record for Dean’s; MLI Coming Soon; Wagner, MJ Update
1986-87 Fleer is the set with the most graded cards of any basketball issue but 2019-20 Prizm isn't far behind. Over 267,000 cards from the set have been graded by PSA alone, including over 20,000 Michael Jordan rookie cards. No other card from the set has come close to touching half that amount as of yet. Nearly 241,000 '19-20 Prizm cards have been examined … [Read more...]
Otis Offers Another Answer In Fractional Shares Market
Michael Karnjanaprakorn believes he has the answer when it comes to fractional investing. Considering his favorite player growing up in Newport News, Virginia, was hometown star Allen Iverson, that’s an appropriate connection. Just like Iverson, Karnjanaprakorn, 38, believes he has the answer when it comes to the arena of fractional investing. And he’s not talking about … [Read more...]
’52 Mantle, Mahomes, MJ Rookies Push Goldin Auction Past $30 Million
One night. One boatload of money spent on sports cards. A pair of Michael Jordan rookie cards sold for $738,000 each in Goldin Auctions' Elite catalog sale late Saturday night, blowing past any previously established norms, and they weren't even the highest selling items. In all, the auction netted over $30 million, a record for a single sports memorabilia … [Read more...]