The current sports cards boom has me and many others around my age chasing cards from our childhood. Back in the 80’s and 90’s when I collected, it was all about buying wax packs in hopes that I might pull that special rookie card I was chasing. There were sports card shops all over the city and there were also sports card shows as well. I would save up what little money I had to buy packs and then maybe splurge on a special card at the shows.
Read more1986-87 FLEER BASKETBALL MICHAEL JORDAN ROOKIE CARD
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I can’t even remember what a Jordan rookie card was going for in the early 90’s but I think $700 seems about right for mint condition? Unfortunately all of my old Beckett Basketball Monthly magazines are stowed away in my parents’ attic so I haven’t had a chance to flip through the pricing pages to confirm what my memory recalls. The 86 Fleer Jordan was the holy grail of sports cards for kids my age back then and I would dream about that damn thing. I would devise plans as to how I could buy it, steal it, trade for it, or find any other way I could get my hands on it. I never did get that ‘86 Fleer Jordan rookie card but I still think about it. And while most fiscally responsible adults are paying off their mortgage on their nice houses and saving money for their future, I’m still thinking about that damn Jordan rookie.
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