damn the Jordan rookie

[thatkidfromjerrymaguire]

Originally Posted by Seven

Hello I'm very new here guys, so I apologize if this is the wrong place. I received a Graded Michael Jordan Rookie from my Father years ago. I believe he purchased it on Ebay. However I have a lot of suspicions that it's fake. The Graded case looks like It might have been tampered with, and the cut of the graded label from SGC looks very sloppily cut. The Case itself was even coming open. The images are here. Thank you again.

https://imgur.com/a/7NTiXR1

Welcome Seven! Well, typically I would say that yes, you've come to the wrong place. However, since we appear to have a Michael Jordan rookie card discussion trending here on this pre-war baseball card board, we'll just go with it

I'm not really well versed in fake Jordan rookies (and I know it is a HIGHLY counterfeited card). I will say at a MINIMUM your card is NOT the card that is supposedly referenced on the SGC label. A grade of 96 means that the card is FLAWLESS to the naked eye...and you can clearly see that the upper right corner of the card in the picture is not in good shape.

If you're lucky, someone swapped out an original, poor condition Jordan in that holder. However, in my opinion, if someone is shady enough to switch cards, my assumption is that they would not put a real card in it's place.

Sorry for the bad news.

[Seven]

Originally Posted by thatkidfromjerrymaguire

Welcome Seven! Well, typically I would say that yes, you've come to the wrong place. However, since we appear to have a Michael Jordan rookie card discussion trending here on this pre-war baseball card board, we'll just go with it

I'm not really well versed in fake Jordan rookies (and I know it is a HIGHLY counterfeited card). I will say at a MINIMUM your card is NOT the card that is supposedly referenced on the SGC label. A grade of 96 means that the card is FLAWLESS to the naked eye...and you can clearly see that the upper right corner of the card in the picture is not in good shape.

If you're lucky, someone swapped out an original, poor condition Jordan in that holder. However, in my opinion, if someone is shady enough to switch cards, my assumption is that they would not put a real card in it's place.

Sorry for the bad news.

I appreciate it, I was leaning towards that being the case. The label looks funky and everything's a little suspect. This is really my first attempt as an Adult to get back into the Hobby, The grade always seemed a little suspicious to me. I'm going to see If I can get the case off, without damaging the card, and send it into PSA. I don't have the heart to tell my Father, regardless of what the outcome is. Maybe later down the road I can track down a Jordan Rookie if this turns out to be fake. Thank you for the input, it's appreciated.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Seven

I appreciate it, I was leaning towards that being the case. The label looks funky and everything's a little suspect. This is really my first attempt as an Adult to get back into the Hobby, The grade always seemed a little suspicious to me. I'm going to see If I can get the case off, without damaging the card, and send it into PSA. I don't have the heart to tell my Father, regardless of what the outcome is. Maybe later down the road I can track down a Jordan Rookie if this turns out to be fake. Thank you for the input, it's appreciated.

It's hard to be positive without holding it in person, but the Fleer logo on the front looks like the fake version as well as the photo being grainy, and the print quality of his name at the bottom being fuzzy it doesn't look good. However all of those things can be affected by your photo as well. If you had a good flatbed scanner I could tell you 100%.

[Bpm0014]

Unfortunately 100% fake. The giveaway is that the triangle connected to FLEER should be darker. Almost orange. Not the same color yellow. I learned the hard way too recently (from a purchase 20 years ago).

[BobbyVCP]

There is always this MJ that sold for $350,000

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1586999846

[Seven]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

Unfortunately 100% fake. The giveaway is that the triangle connected to FLEER should be darker. Almost orange. Not the same color yellow. I learned the hard way too recently (from a purchase 20 years ago).

I did some further research and was comparing cards and you're spot on with that conclusion. I'm still going to keep it, the emotions associated with it being a gift and all is something that won't go away, Regardless of it being fake or not. I don't think I would have the heart to sell any card he ever got me truthfully at the end of the day. A live and learn sort of scenario I guess. Thanks for all the input again.

[thatkidfromjerrymaguire]

Originally Posted by Seven

I did some further research and was comparing cards and you're spot on with that conclusion. I'm still going to keep it, the emotions associated with it being a gift and all is something that won't go away, Regardless of it being fake or not. I don't think I would have the heart to sell any card he ever got me truthfully at the end of the day. A live and learn sort of scenario I guess. Thanks for all the input again.

I think you are spot on with your conclusion. I often sit and think about the "value" of these cards we collect. For dealers I know it's a little bit different, they are making a living out of turning an actual dollars and cents profit...so the value is a little more concrete.

But for the rest of us collectors...the value really comes in the amount of joy they bring us. And your Jordan (fake or not) connects you to your dad and a time when he wanted to buy and give you a MICHAEL JORDAN ROOKIE CARD. And that is priceless in my opinion. So yes, hang on to it and enjoy it.

[Ritz Collector]

I think the fact the card is faked so much actually helps the value and the branding of the card to be honest. And basketball is very popular with the younger generations. Lastly, the players in that sport are brands themselves and Jordan was the pioneer of that. So he is the holy grail.