[craigconway]

There is absolutely no way, that his new cards will keep up with cards from his playing days. Let BVs be alone, thats not even the issue here, as people already pay 1200 USD for a 500 USD MJ-Insert from the 90s. Even minor inserts consistently rise above BV in final sale prices.But thats from his playing days with the Bulls, no newer stuff.<br />
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Look on that other site for MJ-autos priced below 400 USD. Already only cards from beyond his playing days with the one exception of the 1996 SPX Autos, where you can really get some steals, if they appear.... And the new cards ? Last night an Exquisite-On-Card-Auto numbered to 10 of MJ and current NBA-champ Kevin Garnett ended at 340.77 USD from a 1000+ feedback seller. Thats a good price ? A BGS 9 06-07 SP Signature sold for 225.50 USD. Great price here ?<br />
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Average selling prices for the 1997 SPX Promotion /100 exceed 1000 USD, 1997 UD3 Court Commemorative gets close to 1k, Season Ticket as well. So, its already a reality, that these cards are worth more then his newer ones.<br />
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When people will take a look in the year 2015 and beyond they will more and more realize, that we have as few as 500 to a max. of 1000 MJ-Autos outstanding from his playing days with the Bulls. All of his other Autos past these days may amount to 100.000 easily by that time. <br />
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The market always outweighs supply and demand. And if supply is in no doubt, prices will fall. But if supply is short, prices will rise. Subsequently prices for new cards will continue to fall&nbsp; and prices for old cards will continue to rise.<br />

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No, sorry. Will continue to disagree as a whole., and within good reason.&nbsp;*Maybe* MJ's "lighter" new issues/sticker auto's, etc. will decrease. Enter: Exquisite. Mike stopped playing how long ago? A nice Jordan patch/auto or just auto will outsell pretty much any Jordan "playing" day cards with the exception of that very first year auto/patch, etc.<br />
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"Playing days" cards... Sounds like a few of you have a slight case of OCD.

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Go ahead and tell that someone, who is paying high USD for vintage Baseball cards, old paintings, old coins, etc. They will laugh at that theory, turn around and continue to look financially solid. Because they own something rare original (here it would be around 500 MJ-autos from his playing days) vs. "all the others", who own one of the 100.000 or so autos produced later.<br />
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There is a reason, why "old stuff" in nearly every hobby sets the standard. Supply is short and in many cases there was something new created. Anything coming after that, is rarely in as high demand as the original.<br />
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Regarding Exquisite. Sure, in the beginning they paid high dollars for these cards. As they always do with something new, that many believe in. But then prices will fall. Same with MJ cards from the 90s. The 97-98 Metal Universe PMG Green /10 sold as high as 25k in the 90s. It now seems to have hit bottom at around 5k. Show us an Exquisite MJ Auto /10 that got even close to 25k ?<br />
Once the "new-tag" vanishes, prices will drop. But then at some point, if your item proves really rare and demand is consistent, prices hit bottom and turn. But how can an Exquisite-Auto of MJ be rare, if 50+ of them sold over on that other site in the past 2 weeks alone ?<br />
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For quite some time now, rare MJ-inserts from the 90s consistently sell above high BV and prices continue to rise. His Autos start to follow that trend. 2 from his playing days (1997 SPX Promotion, 1996-97 UD 3 Court Comm.) are on eBay right now, so lets see were they finish.<br />
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Interest at least is quite high, as right now among the 10 most watched MJ-trading cards are only cards produced until the 2000-01 season. With the exception of an 03-04 Logoman 1/1 in 3rd place. The top spots are owned by the aforementioned Top-10-All-Time-Cards 1999 SPX Winning Materials JSY-SHOE-AU /23 with 63 watchers and his 1997 SPX Promotion Auto with 62 watchers. First Exqusite card ? Takes 21st place with only 30 watchers. <br />