Perfect Michael Jordan Rookie Card sells for $100,000
By Chris Olds | Basketball Editor
A Pristine copy of Michael Jordan‘s 1986-87 Fleer Rookie Card sold for six-figures in a Memory Lane Inc. sale Sunday evening.
The card, graded a 10 by Beckett Grading Services, fetched $100,000 in the Tustin, Calif.-based auction house’s Own it Now sale, which launched not long before the sale.
There are just three copies of the famed card graded as a BGS 10 out of more than 5,500 cards submitted. This particular copy was the first to receive the grade and once appeared on the cover of Beckett Basketball Card Plus, now Beckett Basketball, magazine. The card sold to a collector on the West Coast.
“It was the first time we had the opportunity to sell the card, and we are really happy with the sale,” said Stephanie Evans of Memory Lane. “It’s a landmark modern sale for us, and it just goes to show that when you have something as rare as a Beckett 10 come available, the demand still warrants six figures.”
The last known BGS 10 Jordan sale came in August 2009 when a collector paid $82,000 for this same card. It was reportedly sold for $150,000 in 2006. However, that sale never was confirmed. The card’s subgrades included 10s for its centering, edges and corners and a 9.5 for its surface condition.
The first BGS 9.5 copy of the Jordan RC went for $77,600 in a June 2003 deal. The Jordan RC is not the only high-profile BGS 10 of a 1980s icon to sell for big bucks in the last few years as a Joe Montana 1981 Topps RC sold for $65,880 in April 2009. That card carried the third-highest pricetag of any football card sale ever documented by Beckett Media.
Chris Olds is the editor of Beckett Basketball. Have a comment, question or idea? Send an e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com. Follow him on Twitter by clicking here.
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I used to have A ball card shop, I managed to save one of many
Jordan rookie cards which I believe to be a 10 along with a first issue
Beckett basket ball guide signed by Jordan which was authenticated
By BP sports collectables in Atlanta ga, however I am fearful of mailing
It in to be graded, is there a safe way to insure you will get the same
Card back and where do you send to be graded? Please email
Response
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I cannot believe all the people trying to push their crappy Jordan cards. Ever heard of ebay or amazon? If you really had the real deal, you would sell it the right way and not giving out your phone number to sell some poor fool your crappy card. Either you are desperate for contact, it is fake, or worthless. Sell them at a garage sale because that is what they are worth. The comment board is for comments, not your desperate attempt to rip someone off.
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Card is not perfect. It says so right on the card. Notice the 9.5 sub-grade. Is it worth $100,000? Absolutely not. If it had 4 perfect 10 sub grades then maybe. The card is also not even close to being his rookie as many Star cards were produced prior to the Fleer set. You could say this is his first basketball appearance by the Fleer corporation . This card is misstated in every way. It is neither perfect or the rookie card of Michael Jordan.
I have a Beckett Basketball Card Magazine issue #1 signed by MJ. Don’t know authenticity, worth or how to find out? Would like to sell.
Hello, I just gave this card to my son by fluke. I contacted the buying source and the card was bought for me. It was found in China, no lie, China. I kept the packaging (for a while). I guess I did good. Live and learn. My son is a collector from his youth. As a child he had 3 Michael Jordan rookies in our safe deposit box. He and his chum would go to the Cow Palace in S.F. and buy/trade cards. They were only 16 years old. Both dads owned businesses, guess they were paying attention.
I currently own the said stated above. 1986-1987 Fleer rookie Michael Jordan card that’s been sealed in a picture binder and still remains as such.
I got a 84-85 upper deck film michael jordan rookie card havent seen no other ones like it yet wish i could post a picure of it
If you send an email to rcracknell@beckett.com, I’ll see what I can do. Upper Deck didn’t release basketball cards until 1991-92 (they didn’t release any cards at all until 1989) so it won’t be a rookie. If you type “Michael Jordan” plus the number on the back, it might show up in the database as well.
I have A 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan #57 Promotional in Near Mint To Mint condition and I don’t know how to get it graded in Australia and how much its worth can someone please Help me.
Grading information can be found at: http://www.beckett.com/grading
I have had my Michael Jordan rookie card since it was released. I purchased it for my husband at the time for Christmas but never gave it to him. Now, i’m intrested in selling. Does anyone know the best way to start that process? i would have loved to have it signed. Mr. Jordan has family in the town that i live.
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I live close to New Orleans, where can i get my card graded?
@Robert — Grading information, including a list of shows and mailing options can be found here: http://beckett.com/grading
I would like to talk to somebody about the Jordan cards I got I don’t know much about them
@James – Your best bet would be to take them to a card shop or show so that someone can look at them properly.
Yes I bought a storage locker and hit out on three generations of collector’s and I’ve got Mickey Mantle rookie cards pretty much every rookie card from baseball to basketball all your very well-known players I looked up a lot of prices on the cards there they’ve already been grated at 10 and all them in the hard casings they have no scratches Benz all your Corners in perfect condition is there any place you could tell me any store that would buy bulk from me and give me a good price for all of them
I have a Michael Rookie Card like the one above in the picture. Which grading company is considered the most reputal to send to?
Thanks in advance.
Tommy B.
843-697-2650
@Tommy – If you would like info on Beckett Grading, please check out beckett.com/grading
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I have a 1986 Jordan card I’m pretty sure it’s real just trying to find more info out about it
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I have this 86-87 Fleer Jordan Rookie Card. How do I get it graded?
@John – Details on Beckett Grading can be found here: https://www.beckett.com/grading/
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But I read on my card it says “reprint” what does this mean? Is this card still worth what I hope!!! Please get back to me.
Reprints are not original cards.