by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton
July 1, 2025
The merchandise was purchased on the Pharrell Willims-owned public sale web site, Joopiter
After experiences that Joopiter, the public sale home owned by Pharrell Williams, was auctioning a 1986-87 Fleer autographed rookie card by Michael Jordan when he performed for the Chicago Bulls, the merchandise bought for $2.5 million.
In line with ESPNthe autographed card that bought for a number of million {dollars} turned the most costly Jordan rookie card ever bought. That quantity surpassed one other autographed Jordan rookie card that bought for $205,000 in March 2024. It additionally bought for greater than a non-signed Fleer Jordan rookie card that was purchased for $840,000 in 2021.
Nevertheless, final 12 months, an public sale of one other Jordan autographed card, a 1-of-1 2003-04 Higher Deck Final Assortment Michael Jordan Logoman card, bought for a file $2.928 million. The newest public sale locations this Jordan rookie card because the third-highest public sale for a Michael Jordan card.
New file: Signed 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie card sells for $2.5 million at JOOPITER, setting a file for the cardboard in any grade.
It’s the third-highest value ever paid for a Jordan card. pic.twitter.com/uDidXIJC5r
— Will Stern (@Will__Stern) June 26, 2025
Joopiter, which was began three years in the past by the fashionista and music producer, introduced its first sports activities merchandise for the positioning with this Jordan rookie card.
“We’re excited to debut on the planet of sports activities collectibles, largely in response to enthusiasm from our international neighborhood of collectors,” Caitlin Donovan, international head of gross sales at Joopiter, instructed the media outlet. “With a deal with uncommon and iconic sports activities memorabilia, infused with the wealthy historical past that make(s) these items actually particular, we look ahead to bringing this neighborhood distinctive and important items of sports activities historical past.”
The marketplace for Michael Jordan memorabilia is at an all-time excessive, as a lot of these things are setting information.
Earlier this 12 months, NBA.com reported {that a} highway Chicago Bulls jersey worn by the NBA Corridor of Famer in a 1984 preseason recreation bought for $4.215 million at an public sale that ended on March 26 at Sotheby’s. It was the fifth-most-expensive NBA jersey purchased at an public sale.
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