SIGNED MICHAEL JORDAN ROOKIE CARD SELLS FOR RECORD $1 MILLION IN CHRISTIE’S AUCTION

BY JEFF OWENS

A signed Michael Jordan rookie card sold for more than $1 million during an auction at Christie’s on June 14, setting a record for the popular card. The 1986-87 Fleer rookie card is one of 23 copies that Jordan signed in 2006 as part of a 20th anniversary promotion by Upper Deck. The card, graded 8.5 with a 9 auto by Beckett, sold for $1,008,000 during an auction of Jordan memorabilia. The card, numbered #21/23, is the second-highest BGS-graded, Jordan-signed rookie card in existence, according to Christie’s. Despite the record, the sale was short of Christie’s pre-sale estimate of $2-3 million. The record for an unsigned Jordan rookie card is $840,000 for a PSA 10 that sold at PWCC Marketplace in Aug. 2021. Another PSA 10 sold for $522,750 at Goldin Co. in April…

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Sports Collectors Digest (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 1, 2022

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