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Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie
I was still in high school when those Fleer basketball cards came to market. My recollection is that there were tons of them, and they were not popular.
After college, I turned to pre-war and never looked back. I appreciate Jordan as a basketball star, but his Fleer card took off in popularity after I essentially left that hobby behind.
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But that was before the UD Griffey card even existed. The Jordan card started taking off after the Bulls playoff run in 1988 and was soon second to the Donruss Canseco RC before eventually leaving Jose in the dust. At no time ever was Griffey bigger than Jordan.