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Originally Posted by Exhibitman
The 1986 Fleer is the iconic card only because PSA refused to grade the Star cards. Now that PSA is grading them, the Star #101 Jordans are hitting the market and completely destroying the 1986 Fleer Jordans in the same grades. Admittedly, the sample is small but so far, at 6 and 7 levels, the Star cards sell for multiples of the Fleers. It is only a matter of time before PSA churns out 8-9-10 examples and they outsell the Fleers head to head. I think in the end the Fleer will end up comparably priced to the 2nd year Jordan Star cards and some of the oddball Star issues from the 1st-2nd years.
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No, the Jordan RC is iconic because it created the basketball card collecting hobby in 1988-1989. It was a $50 card when the Magic/Bird RC was a $1 and key vintage RCs were all much less.
The Star will never pass the Fleer RC. The quality of the printing was poor. They are all off centered and being loose on the top of a bag, the corners were damaged. Unless PSA gives out "gift" grades, you won't see any higher than a 7. Few cared about the Star in the 80s or 90s and I don't see it changing. It is like people trying to hype the Bond Bread Jackie Robinson. That didn't stop his Leaf RC from skyrocketing.