Star Basketball sets to avoid master list

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by Econteachert205

Here is something else to be aware of with these star cards:

There are definitely uncut sheets out there. In fact many sets were sold as sheets at the time. This means many sheet cut cards exist out there. So far I have seen:

83-84 all star
lakers champs
1985-1986 featuring jordan set, best of new and much of the 86 set
1984-1985 set featuring Jordan 101 and olmypic
1983-84 Bullets and kings oddly with the Carl Yaz set
1986 Best of Best with Magic Johnson set (according to basketball gold these sets can only be submitted by Schonco to Beckett for grading although I do not know if that information is current). It is my understanding that many of the raw cards in these sets are in fact sheet cut.
1986 court kings
Portland 5x7
5x7 red dunk set with 5x7 pistons and 5x7 lakers and 5x7 rockets
5x7 sixers

It is very likely that certain raw cards are in fact sheet cut and won't grade, so look closely at edges. Also if cards are being sold as "prototypes" and seem larger than normal, it is likely they are just sheet cut with pieces of the sheet left on.

Another one:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Michael-Jor...app-cvip-panel

[Econteachert205]

Thank you, I added it to the list. what an interesting sheet.

[therooster80]

I have gotten fairly heavily into Star in the last year and my go-to move is to buy bags from known sellers, and ask about the provenance every time. This will increase the price and difficulty of acquiring the key Jordan cards, but I'll have a pretty reasonable guarantee of authenticity.

The sealed bag, by its nature, tends to maintain the condition of the key cards pretty well, and as a value proposition I think sealed bags are the way to go.

[Econteachert205]

I agree.