Best Basketball Card of the 20th Century

[vthobby]

You say a 9 sold for $11,000 last year. Fair enough but a BGS 9 JUST sold on Ebay for $7200. Item # 201280085550.

So as far as the downward trend of BGS 9 as evidenced by your quoted price and the recent Ebay price, I guess if you can find a BGS 9 at a good price more power to you.

The 9.5 price shuts alot of folks out at that price.

Mike

[Griffins]

'86 Jordan is the '52 Mantle of basketball.

Not the greatest player of all time, not the RC of a iconic player, but the iconic card of a generations legend.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by Griffins

'86 Jordan is the '52 Mantle of basketball.



Not the greatest player of all time, not the RC of a iconic player, but the iconic card of a generations legend.

+1 And just like the Mantle, there are a ton of them out there, but demand still exceeds supply.

I voted for the '86 Jordan, but my absolute favorite basketball card of all time is really the '88 Fleer All-Star Jordan. It pictures him in mid-flight during his famous dunk from the free-throw line.

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[ThoseBackPages]

Mj all day!

[Doublestriker]

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

Mj all day!

+1 Jordan not even close.

[Peter_Spaeth]

The 84 Star Jordan dwarfs the third year, 86 Fleer Jordan in every way.

[68Hawk]

top 5:

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#2
1950 Bread For Health Mikan



#3
1960 Kahns Jerry West



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#5 1980 Topps Bird/Dr J/Magic

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

The 84 Star Jordan dwarfs the third year, 86 Fleer Jordan in every way.

Except for aesthetically. I don't think anyone believes the '84 Star to be a more visually appealing card than the 86/87 Fleer.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Griffins

'86 Jordan is the '52 Mantle of basketball.

Not the greatest player of all time, not the RC of a iconic player, but the iconic card of a generations legend.

Disagree. The 52 Mantle is special because it is a short printed high number card from the first regular Topps set. PSA has graded over 14K Jordans compared to 1243 Mantles. The 86 Fleer Jordan is the 89 UD Griffey of basketball.

The top 3 basketball cards are the 48 Mikan, 57 Russell and 61 Chamberlain. I went with the Wilt because he was the best player of the first ~40 years of the NBA.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by rats60

Disagree. The 52 Mantle is special because it is a short printed high number card from the first regular Topps set.

The '52 Mantle was double printed.

Originally Posted by rats60

The 86 Fleer Jordan is the 89 UD Griffey of basketball.

Wow.

[steve B]

I guess I'd have to ask what's meant by "best"

All the listed cards would be good choices, and there would be a bunch of others depending on stuff like age, what team you follow and a bunch of other stuff.

I'll pick the Bird/Erving/Johnson card, For me it's hard to beat the combination of the main players in the Celtics/Lakers rivalry plus one of my favorite players.

I might stretch to the 92 fleer Darryl Dawkins signed insert. Another favorite, if only for the backboard smashing.

But If I was offered any one of the cards on the list for free? I'd take the Mikan. It's got a lot going for it, and not a lot of downside.

Steve B

[vthobby]

Steve,

I liked your post. Your way of thinking is interesting where you say "If I was offered any one of the cards on the list for free".

I think that is a great way of looking at this question. Throw out the prices and ask "if any of these were free which would I choose". Assuming they are all worth the same today and will all increase at their own rate in the future.

Probably not realistic but it is a cool idea.

In that scenario, my choice would still be Mikan also.

Peace, Mike

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by steve B

I guess I'd have to ask what's meant by "best."

Steve B

Hi, Steve.

This is merely an opinion poll. Everyone is encouraged to vote for (and post) the card they think is, "best." Personally, I chose the '86 Fleer Jordan. In my humble opinion, there are no right or wrong answers.

Thanks for the input, gentlemen. Carry on.

Best regards,

Eric

[vthobby]

In the most recent REA auction, the 1948 Bowman Mikan just set a world record in PSA 8 as it sold for $16,800 with commission!

Mike

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by vtgmsc

You say a 9 sold for $11,000 last year. Fair enough but a BGS 9 JUST sold on Ebay for $7200. Item # 201280085550.

So as far as the downward trend of BGS 9 as evidenced by your quoted price and the recent Ebay price, I guess if you can find a BGS 9 at a good price more power to you.

The 9.5 price shuts alot of folks out at that price.

Mike

It was a buy it now that was up for minutes I believe.

As for as the 9.5 goes, I don't see how it matters that it shuts a lot of people out as there is only 1.

[vthobby]

By being so high and that there is only one of the 9.5s out there, virtually every collector/investor is shut out of that card for obvious reasons.

That pool of collector/investors now MUST focus on the 9s or below so there should be a nice pool of folks trying to buy up those 9s or less in theory.

I was thinking that because of this then the price of those 9s should be higher but curious why it wasn't that way?

This should help this card in the long run if folks have faith in BGS and assuming a cache of these is not discovered somewhere.

Peace, Mike

[Forever Young]

Right.. If you can find me some 9s for your 7200, I would really appreciate it. hence the "I think it is a greAt investment". The card should be on the list and IMO, will be the greatest card if it isn't already. If and when A couple of tge other companies decides to grade.. done deal. I am surprised they haven't slready.