The hoop and backboard on which Michael Jordan made his iconic ‘Shot’ in 1989 sold for $18,000 via Heritage Auctions early Monday morning. Jordan was just 26 years old in 1989 when he sank a buzzer-beating jumper over the outstretched arm of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ dinged-up Craig Ehlo and straight into the basket offered in the auction. The hoop was … [Read more...]
Michael Jordan Rookie Cards Value Soaring – 1986-87 Fleer
This Michael Jordan rookie card isn’t scarce. Not in the true sense of the word. PSA has examined over 17,000 of them alone and when you count Beckett and SGC and the many cards sitting in sets or just left ungraded, it's clear you don't have to go far to find one. However, the 1986-87 Fleer Jordan rookie card is clearly the most popular basketball card ever … [Read more...]
Cobb, Jordan, Ruth, Unopened Cards Push REA to $9.1 Million
On a night when Michael Jordan was back in the news, it wasn't surprising to see Jordan items bringing some of the biggest prices at Robert Edward Auctions, but some top pieces from icons who passed on long before MJ weren't forgotten. An autographed Jordan jersey photo-matched to wear during the 1992 Olympics set a record price for any 1990s Jordan shirt when it … [Read more...]
Buried Treasure: 1986-87 Fleer Basketball Wax Find Revealed
Buy the contents of a storage unit and you're more likely to come home with some old books and furniture, maybe an outdated piece of computer equipment or a piece of shelving. Oh, there have been some that have yielded boxes of cards and one surrendered Terrell Owens' old stuff. But in the sports memorabilia world, there's never anything quite like what's just … [Read more...]
Key Basketball Rookie Cards Among Top Lots in MHCC Auction
Their first major auction of 2020 is in the books and the next catalog auction is still two months away, but that doesn’t mean quiet time at Mile High Card Company. Their Extra Innings auction gets underway Monday with over 300 lots on the block. Among the headliners is a 1948 Bowman George Mikan rookie card (PSA 6.5), a 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie (PSA 9) … [Read more...]
PSA to Give Away 3 Jordan Rookie Cards as Part of NSCC Promo Plans
PSA plans to give away a trio of 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan #57 rookie cards with a combined valued of more than $10,000 during the 2019 National Sports Collectors Convention. The giveaway is part of several promotions being planned by the company for the July 31-August 4 event at the Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. The three different Jordan cards—graded 8, … [Read more...]
Vintage Baseball Sets, Singles, Jordan Rookies Among Wheatland Auction Items
Whether you lean toward Walter Johnson or Michael Jordan, Wheatland Auction Services has you covered in their Spring Auction. The company’s latest online catalog includes a little bit of everything, with baseball cards from 1888 joining names from the current sports headlines. Over 500 lots are up for grabs in the no-reserve auction. Among the highlights are … [Read more...]
BBCE Discovers 7 “Store Original” 1986-87 Fleer Basketball Boxes
Purchased more than 30 years ago at a toy store at a total cost of about $100, seven full boxes of 1986-87 Fleer basketball cards are about to enter the hobby—at an estimated value of at least 300 times that amount. The discovery of pristine boxes was made by Baseball Card Exchange, the hobby’s top vintage unopened dealer, but it was actually a case of 1984 Topps … [Read more...]
1986-87 Fleer Wax Box Break Yields 3 Jordan Rookies
The 1986-87 Fleer basketball box break drew thousands of eavesdroppers Wednesday night, most of whom weren’t quite fearless enough to lay down $2,000 for what was probably a 1 in 12 shot to land the hobby’s most desirable basketball card. Those who did—and got lucky enough to find one in the pack they were assigned by random draw—probably got their money’s worth or more. The … [Read more...]
Big Money for Fleer Basketball Case Finds at NSCC
They were almost unsellable 30 years ago. Modern basketball cards had all but died and Fleer's valiant attempt to bring them back in the latter half of the 1980s was met with little more than a yawn. Now, though, unopened boxes of the first two years of Fleer hoops are worth a small fortune. On Wednesday, just hours after the official opening of the National … [Read more...]