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...]
Basketball, Babe Top 1st REA Encore Auction
It’s a company known for its huge catalogs full of vintage baseball cards, but the first Encore sale from Robert Edward Auctions had a healthy dose of higher-end basketball, too. The end result was a seven-figure debut for a new platform that fills the void between major events. REA closed out its first ten-day, online only sale dedicated to encapsulated and … [Read more...]
Cards, Cal Collection, Brady Bonanza Headline Goldin Sale
One of two BGS Pristine 10 BGS 10 Black Label copies of Kobe Bryant’s 1996-97 Topps Chrome Refractor rookie card will sell for at least a seven-figure price while newly crowned Super Bowl champion Tom Brady got his own section in Goldin Auctions’ 2021 Winter Auction. The newly launched catalog also includes a Michael Jordan jersey from a rookie year photo shoot, hundreds of … [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...]
Heritage Modern Card Auction Nets $7.5 Million
Upper Deck knew it was breaking some ground back in the 1990s when its designers were creating the first cards carrying swatches of a player’s game-worn jersey. Little did they know how much someone might be willing to pay for one of the best ones 24 years later. An autographed 1997 Michael Jordan Upper Deck Game Jerseys card became the most valuable Jordan trading … [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...]
Notes: More MJ Rookie 10s Sold as Market Sizzles; Dallas Show; Topps Series 1 Checklist
More than two PSA 10 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie cards sold for huge six-figure prices over the weekend. You read that right. Hours after the two Jordan cards sold in his auction for over $738,000 Saturday night, Ken Goldin of Goldin Auctions says he sold two more privately--for the same price. He'll be offering another one in an auction that … [Read more...]