195. [Sports]. Michael Jordan’s first (6) Basketball Cards all Graded Gem Mint 10 by PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator), the world’s largest sports card authenticator whose grading standards have become the official standard for the most valuable cards in the hobby.

Michael Jordan’s first (6) Basketball Cards – all graded Gem Mint 10.

In their monthly SMR (Sports Market Report) magazine their PSA Grading Standards are printed GEM-MT: Gem Mint. A PSA Gem Mint 10 card is a virtually perfect card. Attributes include four perfectly sharp corners, sharp focus and full original gloss. A PSA Gem Mint 10 card must be free of staining of any kind, but an allowance may be made for a slight printing imperfection, if it doesn't impair the overall appeal of the card. The image must be centered on the card within a tolerance not to exceed approx. 55/45 to 60/40% on the front and 75/25% on the reverse. Lot includes Jordan’s 1986 Fleer (R) card # 57, an extremely rare 1986 Fleer Sticker card #8 (one of only 11 cards in this subset), 1987 Jordan Fleer # 59 (his second year card) with a 1987 Fleer Sticker card #2 (complete sticker set again very rare only 11 cards to the subset), 1988 Fleer card #17 (his third year card) and his 1988 Fleer card #120 All-Star card. Usually 1 or 2  Jordan PSA Gem Mint 10’s appear annually at auction. To our knowledge the last time all six of Jordan’s first cards in Gem Mint condition were auctioned was in 2008 when our current consignor purchased these very cards. This represents a rare opportunity to acquire the cards of arguably the greatest basketball player of all time whose Rookie card alone in this month’s issue of SMR, the official price guide for PSA graded cards, is $11,500, increasing in value $1,500 in the last two months alone. The following are the May 2015 guideline prices for the Jordan cards offered in this lot: 1986 Fleer (R) #57 - $11,500; 1986 Fleer Sticker # 8 - $2,900; 1987 Fleer #59 - $1,500; 1987 Fleer Sticker #2 - $1,750; 1988 Fleer #17 - $250; 1988 Fleer #120 All-Star - $200. Total current book value of this lot is $18,100, if priced individually. Jordan (R) PSA Gem Mint 10 alone sold for $15,000+ in April 2015 at SCP auction Lot #1003. $20,000 - $30,000

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$0 $49 $5
$50 $499 $25
$500 $999 $50
$1,000 $1,999 $100
$2,000 $4,999 $250
$5,000 $9,999 $500
$10,000 $19,999 $1,000
$20,000 $49,999 $2,500
$50,000 $99,999 $5,000
$100,000 $249,999 $10,000
$250,000 + $25,000