Highest bid vs. MJ pack wins the card AND the argument.
Back in 1986, the 1986-87 Fleer basketball set did something no one fully appreciated at the time. It gave Michael Jordan his first mainstream trading card. NOT his first card ever (the Star Company beat them to it) but the one the hobby agreed to treat as the standard. One of those ones that collectors point to when they explain what "grail" actually means.
Inside those same packs, one per pack, was a sticker. Same player. Same year. Packed alongside the base card and largely ignored by kids who pulled them out and stuck them on everything they owned. Decades later, a PSA 8 example of that sticker changes hands for around $3,000. A PSA 10? The population is so thin that when one surfaces, it makes news. That's the nature of the 1986-87 Fleer set. Everything in it matters now.
A PSA 10 autograph from the 2009 Upper Deck Jordan Signature Collection carries an estimated value of $10,000. The sticker in PSA 8 sits at $2,750. A game-used jersey card graded PSA 8 is documented at $1,200. These are the possible hits inside this sealed pack. Not a guarantee. A possibility. And nobody knows which copy lands where until someone opens it.
What you're bidding on: one sealed Break King Michael Jordan Icon Edition MEGA Mystery Pack, Series 2. Guaranteed Michael Jordan card inside, plus a bonus hit that is either an autograph, a game-used memorabilia card, a 1/1 printing plate, or a 1/1 proof. This is 1 of 4,999 total packs. Factory sealed.
Right now, a LeBron pack is running in the same auction. When the clock stops, the bids will be different. People will notice. Some things don't need a trophy to mean something.
Place your bid.
