1984 Star Basketball Michael Jordan ROOKIE AUTO #101 BAS BGS 8.5 NM-MT+

The 1984-85 Star Michael Jordan is one of the most important basketball cards of all-time. So how can such an already significant card be elevated further? You get it signed by His Airness. That's the case here. After Topps left the basketball card industry following its 1981-82 release, the only licensed NBA cards on the market from 1983 to ’85 came from the Star Company. Star did not produce large quantities of its cards and did not distribute them through the same channels Topps had. Star packaged the cards in clear plastic bags as team sets or complete subsets, rather than including a random assortment of cards from the checklist in wax packs. The company then sent the poly bags to dealers and accepted mail orders from around the country. Further complicating the matter for Jordan collectors, his card laid atop Bulls team sets, subjecting it to shifting and stacking that occurred as employees stocked the cards and consumers handled them. This is the first and most famous of M.J.'s Star cards. The reverse side lists the stats he compiled during his three seasons at UNC. At the time, his title-clinching shot in the 1982 NCAA final seemed like a once-in-a-career event. Little did collectors know it was just the beginning of one of the most momentous careers in sports history. As a result, a NM-MT+ 8.5 grade from BGS puts this copy in rare company for the card. The signature has been assessed as a perfect 10. The card is accompanied by an Upper Deck Authenticated certificate not only adding further confirmation as to the signature's authenticity but some background behind it as well. The autograph was signed in 2017 at Jordan's Flight School Camp located in Santa Barbara, California. This fact has also been confirmed by an Upper Deck representative. The certification number on this card has been checked against the third-party grader's online database and is active as of 09/12/2025.