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Fox Sports
7 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Fox Sports
Autographed Michael Jordan rookie card sells for $2.5 million
Associated Press A autographed Michael Jordan rookie card sold for $2.5 million in an auction that closed on Thursday. The 1986-87 Fleer card sold through Joopiter — the auction platform founded by Grammy-winning artist and producer Pharrell Williams three years ago — shows Jordan soaring toward the rim with his right arm extended and tongue dangling. It was one of nine trading cards signed in a blue sharpie at his private golf course in Florida last year. According to ESPN, the $2.5 million is the most paid for a Jordan rookie card — signed or unsigned — and the third-highest price in a public sale for any Jordan card. That record is $2.928 million. In March, an autographed Bulls jersey that Jordan wore in a preseason game during his rookie year sold for $4.215 million at an auction through Sotheby's. ___ AP NBA: recommended in this topic
Winnipeg Free Press
7 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Autographed Michael Jordan rookie card sells for $2.5 million
A autographed Michael Jordan rookie card sold for $2.5 million in an auction that closed on Thursday. The 1986-87 Fleer card sold through Joopiter — the auction platform founded by Grammy-winning artist and producer Pharrell Williams three years ago — shows Jordan soaring toward the rim with his right arm extended and tongue dangling. It was one of nine trading cards signed in a blue sharpie at his private golf course in Florida last year. According to ESPN, the $2.5 million is the most paid for a Jordan rookie card — signed or unsigned — and the third-highest price in a public sale for any Jordan card. That record is $2.928 million. In March, an autographed Bulls jersey that Jordan wore in a preseason game during his rookie year sold for $4.215 million at an auction through Sotheby's. ___ AP NBA:
Yahoo
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Autographed Michael Jordan rookie card sells for $2.5 million
A autographed Michael Jordan rookie card sold for $2.5 million in an auction that closed on Thursday. The 1986-87 Fleer card sold through Joopiter — the auction platform founded by Grammy-winning artist and producer Pharrell Williams three years ago — shows Jordan soaring toward the rim with his right arm extended and tongue dangling. It was one of nine trading cards signed in a blue sharpie at his private golf course in Florida last year. Advertisement According to ESPN, the $2.5 million is the most paid for a Jordan rookie card — signed or unsigned — and the third-highest price in a public sale for any Jordan card. That record is $2.928 million. In March, an autographed Bulls jersey that Jordan wore in a preseason game during his rookie year sold for $4.215 million at an auction through Sotheby's. ___ AP NBA:
Associated Press
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Autographed Michael Jordan rookie card sells for $2.5 million
A autographed Michael Jordan rookie card sold for $2.5 million in an auction that closed on Thursday. The 1986-87 Fleer card sold through Joopiter — the auction platform founded by Grammy-winning artist and producer Pharrell Williams three years ago — shows Jordan soaring toward the rim with his right arm extended and tongue dangling. It was one of nine trading cards signed in a blue sharpie at his private golf course in Florida last year. According to ESPN, the $2.5 million is the most paid for a Jordan rookie card — signed or unsigned — and the third-highest price in a public sale for any Jordan card. That record is $2.928 million. In March, an autographed Bulls jersey that Jordan wore in a preseason game during his rookie year sold for $4.215 million at an auction through Sotheby's. ___ AP NBA:
New York Times
21 hours ago
- Business
- New York Times
Michael Jordan rookie card autographed at secret signing sells for record $2.5 million
A 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan autographed rookie card sold for $2.5 million on Thursday through Pharrell Williams' auction house Joopiter. The price tag made it the third most expensive Jordan card sale publicly known and the most expensive Jordan rookie card sale. The minimum bid for the card was set at $2 million and it only received one bid at that price. Joopiter charges a 25 percent buyer's premium on its auctions, bringing the final sale price to $2.5 million. Advertisement The largest sale of a Jordan card to date came when the one-of-a-kind 2003-04 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection game-used Logoman (the NBA logo from one of Jordan's jerseys) patch autograph card sold for $2.928 million in June 2024, according to Card Ladder — a database tracking card sales. No autographed Jordan Fleer rookie card with this high of a combined grade for both the card itself and autograph quality had ever been sold publicly. The card sold Thursday has a mint 9 card grade and gem mint 10 autograph grade from PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator), on a scale of 1-10. This sale blew the previous top sale on a Fleer Jordan autographed rookie card out the water. The former most expensive 1986-87 Fleer Jordan autographed card (PSA graded 8 card/9 auto) sold for $205,000 in March 2024. It's also quite a splash into the sports card selling space by Joopiter. This was the first sports card sale ever for the auction house, which was founded in 2022. The card that sold Thursday is one of nine 1986 Fleer Jordan cards inked with a blue Sharpie in a secret signing for a private collector last year. According to Joopiter, it took the collector nearly five years of coordination with Jordan to set up the private signing, which the auction house says took place at Jordan's ultra-exclusive private golf club in Hobe Sound, Florida, The Grove XXIII, which reportedly has less than 100 members. A PSA representative witnessed the signings and then graded the cards. In April 2024, Cllct reported the collector had at least six already graded PSA 10s, then worth about $180,000 each, broken out of their protective cases for the signing. Jordan, who reportedly autographed the cards for no compensation, signed and wrote inscriptions of his career achievements on several of the cards. The six re-graded PSA 10 (card grade)/10 (autograph grade) cards were later displayed by the grading company during The National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland last summer, but none have been put up for sale. Advertisement Out of 90 total examples of autographed Jordan 1986 Fleer cards in PSA's database, those are the only six to have a 10 card grade. There are four others with a 9 card grade. The PSA 9/10 graded card that sold Thursday could set a reference point and price floor if the numerous PSA 10/10 cards are ever sold. Given the $2.5 million price tag for this card, it's possible that a sale of a PSA 10/10 version will become the highest selling Jordan card ever known publicly. However, the fact that there was only one bid for this card could also factor into the equation. The highest price for a non-autographed Fleer Jordan rookie was $840,000 on a PSA 10 example in July 2021. The most recent sale of a non-autographed PSA 10 example was $204,000 in May. However, this decline comes as many of Jordan's rare 1990s cards are surging to all-time highs. The Athletic maintains full editorial independence in all our coverage. When you click or make purchases through our links, we may earn a commission. (Top image: Joopiter)
