Michael Jordan and his cards are suddenly super hot right now thanks to The Last Dance miniseries on ESPN. A lot of Michael Jordan baseball cards are modern in … I remember seeing a handful of players like Vladimir Guerrero and MJ from that set that did You can reach him by email and through Twitter @tradercracks. Both feature a hologram across the bottom but the red parallels do appear to have a foil background while the blues do not. Almost gone. Michael Jordan Checklist Publish date: April, 2020 This is not meant to be a comprehensive checklist, but a supplemental checklist of oddities, variations and items that you may not find on traditional checklists. It’s not a particularly valuable Michael Jordan baseball card but it’s easily one of the most fun. But, when you consider Jordan was 31 years old at the time and hadn't played baseball since high school, it actually seems quite admirable. Total Cards: 10 Rating: 5.5 (4 votes) Click here to Rate At the time, it was a fun short print to chase showing Michael Jordan taking some cuts at Comiskey during batting practice. Last 25 Comp Sales. These have just five copies each. Loaded with Stars Including Alex Rodriguez, Ichiro Suzuki, Roger Clemens, David Wright, Chipper Jones, Derek … As far as parallels go, it’s not a tough find, either. Rookie. Michael Jordan baseball cards can be found from a couple of other companies as well, although these are limited to minor league sets. The set itself revived interest in basketball cards in general as even Topps stopped producing basketball cards after their 1981 release. Jordan appeared on card #500 in the standard 1995 Collector's Choice set, but he also appeared in the "Special Edition" set that contained just 265 cards in its checklist. But it’s not the only place. Along with the base card, there is also an "Electric Diamond" and "Electric Diamond Gold" parallel that are tougher to find in high grade. The difference is subtle, though. They were most prominent in Upper Deck products. Let's face it, though: Jordan belonged on the basketball court. C $126.78. Top 13 Michael Jordan Baseball Cards 13. It was innocent and made you wonder, “What if?” Little did we know that it was also some baseball card foreshadowing for, perhaps, the strangest phase of Jordan’s career. By navigating the site, you agree to the use of cookies to collect information. C $2.63. Jordan joined the Chicago White Sox system and would play for the AA … Neither is particularly rare, but it does add a bit of a chase element for a card that’s pretty easy to find. The Die-Cut parallel was one of the hottest baseball cards in the hobby for some time and still commands strong prices today. 1995 Upper Deck Minors - Michael Jordan One On One. These are the kinds of things that make me wish I had a time machine. The example shown to the left is numbered LL-GJ and has had 3 known copies come thru PSA’s doors. Everyone knows his 1986 Fleer rookie card is one of the great cards of all-time, but people sometimes forget that Jordan has some interesting baseball cards that are also worth buying. After Michael Jordan took batting practice July 25, 1990, at Comiskey Park, several MJ baseball cards flooded the market. However, the reverse side of the card references how Jordan took batting practice with the White Sox at Comiskey Park during the summer of 1989, smacking several home runs in the process. I'll probably track it down one of these days somewhere, but for now I just see whatever the reaction chatter on Twitter is about. Collectors were quite shocked that year to see this card featuring Jordan in a White Sox uniform taking batting practice at Wrigley Field before the annual "Windy City Classic" charity game between the Cubs and White Sox in 1990. But the 1995 SP Top Prospects Michael Jordan autograph brings some historical significance with it. Copyright © 2020, Beckett Collectibles, LLC. All rank among the best Michael Jordan cards ever. Weights are determined by the card’s secondary market value using a scale from … Others in the set? 1991 Upper Deck #SP1 Michael Jordan White … Read our. With the portrait inside, it’s like a futuristic spin on 1984 Topps Baseball. The ’86 Fleer is regarded as Jordan’s rookie card because it … And on March 18, 1995, when Jordan said simply, "I'm back", the sports world rejoiced as the greatest player in the history of the game returned to the hardwood. $6930.94. C $125.38. The card front even lists him as a member of the Chicago Bulls. $2.95 shipping. But when it’s a baseball card that also has swatches from Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio, that might just be the case. Here’s a look at some of the greatest Michael Jordan baseball cards ever produced. Ahh, the days when Michael Jordan suited up in a Sox uniform. Of the more than 2,000 different cards he has signed over the years, this is the first to make its way into packs. Although this card may not necessarily be from Jordan's actual playing days, it still makes the cut as one of his most popular baseball cards. All of these cards were unlicensed and rather cheap looking, so when Upper Deck offered the first licensed Jordan baseball card in 1991, it was a big deal. Its scarcity in top grade causes its value to skyrocket north of $500-600 if and when one of them in a PSA 10 holder comes up for sale or auction. I also remember busting packs of 1994 Collector’s Choice in the hope of pulling a Jordan baseball card. Jordan also made an appearance on the April, 1994 issue of Beckett Baseball Card Monthly. The fact that it’s numbered to 100 certainly helps, too.