Aesthetically best cards: Michael Jordan edition - Page 2

jurule · 01-04-2022, 12:09 AM

Holo

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sh403 · 01-04-2022, 12:43 AM

Mattchanman · 01-04-2022, 01:06 AM

WOW

Is this the only auto that he's used red ink?

Dude pulled it out of a mixed box blaster and sold it for $1900 bucks. https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=539094

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Originally Posted by Deanninja

This one. I thought it was the best looking card I had ever seen from the moment I first saw it.

rj.cataldo · 01-04-2022, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ZionCards

always been in love with this card

I was coming to post the same! This is the answer.

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Nomad · 01-04-2022, 03:18 AM

I am also going to put a couple Qwasian cards on the list, pure aesthetics. No value at the current time, but an interesting ecosystem....

11/25/19 Michael Jordan /25
9/11/20 Michael Jordan /25
8/11/21 Kobe Bryant vs. Michael Jordan /10

Oh and an interesting 3/7/15 double-paneled true sketch card.

Nomad · 01-04-2022, 03:58 AM

Oh, and for visual reference:

duron · 01-04-2022, 04:19 PM

Oh yes, nice to see Playoff Heroes love.

PelicanFly · 01-04-2022, 04:24 PM

duron · 01-04-2022, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by GOATcards

Looks like a fadeaway jumper? Not nearly enough of those on MJ cards, more interesting than him dunking.

Would prob be my favorite example, although it looks like it could be a shot to the side

And yea, Roundball Royalty refractors also green, just not as commonly as other, earlier sets

Cavs16 · 01-04-2022, 08:49 PM

Nothing says MJ more then this classic

Nomad · 01-04-2022, 09:01 PM

Did they make a Coast to Coast with Jordan and, if so, could someone post it? I am really wondering whom they paired MJ with.

GOATcards · 01-04-2022, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Cavs16

Nothing says MJ more then this classic

How would it say MJ as much as or more than, say, a UD "final shot" card?

Many others have won slam dunk contests without anything like 6 Finals MVPs. I'm sure all the slam dunk winners would trade their wins there for a title win. It's more contrived spectacle (in keeping with the All-Star Weekend theme) than meaningful spectacle.

That's my thought when I see that card, anyway. But then again, the original ten cards I posted features a "kiss the rim" card, so try squaring that circle.

bruin805 · 01-04-2022, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by GOATcards

How would it say MJ as much as or more than, say, a UD "final shot" card?

Many others have won slam dunk contests without anything like 6 Finals MVPs. I'm sure all the slam dunk winners would trade their wins there for a title win. It's more contrived spectacle (in keeping with the All-Star Weekend theme) than meaningful spectacle.

That's my thought when I see that card, anyway. But then again, the original ten cards I posted features a "kiss the rim" card, so try squaring that circle.

It's an iconic photo of MJ that was also one of the more popular posters that was on the wall of kids for a decade.

Even though the final shot was more important with respect to winning a title, that MJ free throw image is something else.

timfsu2k · 01-04-2022, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Mattchanman

WOW

Is this the only auto that he's used red ink?

Dude pulled it out of a mixed box blaster and sold it for $1900 bucks. https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=539094

Wow. That was an insane pull. Is that a $10k card now?

Nomad · 01-04-2022, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by timfsu2k

Wow. That was an insane pull. Is that a $10k card now?

First thought was $100k easy, if its only with red ink.

Tallboy · 01-05-2022, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by hauntedcomputer

I like this one

My favorite early Jordan card.

Tallboy · 01-05-2022, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by GOATcards

If it's MJ soaring for a dunk, might as well make it the 1996 Skybox Premium:

Love that one. Really let's you see why 1997-98 is SkyBox Metal Universe whereas previously it had been Fleer Metal. They took SkyBox, added space to it, and made the ultimate '90s set.

Tallboy · 01-05-2022, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by PelicanFly

No MJ card screams "He's a MFing animal!" like that one.

Tallboy · 01-05-2022, 12:15 AM

This is my favorite photo on an MJ card. To me, Jordan was an aerial acrobat first and foremost. Very few cards capture that imho, but the '95-96 Topps #1 card nails it:

I also love the Power Booster (partial) parallel for that year and it definitely kicks this card to a new level:

armyml · 01-05-2022, 12:22 AM

There's so many good ones. Here are a few of my favorites.

metal universe by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/184385685@N02/]

Premium MJ by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/184385685@N02/]

mjewing2 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/184385685@N02/]

GOATcards · 01-05-2022, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Tallboy

No MJ card screams "He's a MFing animal!" like that one.

My only quibble/complaint about this card is the lack of photo crispness. (I pulled one of these from a pack shortly after retail release, and even back then wasn't sure it was a "keeper." This would have been shortly after I acquired my first #57....)

GOATcards · 01-05-2022, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Tallboy

This is my favorite photo on an MJ card. To me, Jordan was an aerial acrobat first and foremost. Very few cards capture that imho, but the '95-96 Topps #1 card nails it:

Acrobatics-wise, where does that "kiss the rim" dunk rate?
(On a related note I basically haven't watched the dunk contest since Vince Carter blew everyone away ca. 2000. I guess I figured no one's gonna outdo that. Has someone surpassed Vince as a contest-dunker since then?)

hatchd · 01-05-2022, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by GOATcards

Acrobatics-wise, where does that "kiss the rim" dunk rate?
(On a related note I basically haven't watched the dunk contest since Vince Carter blew everyone away ca. 2000. I guess I figured no one's gonna outdo that. Has someone surpassed Vince as a contest-dunker since then?)

Go watch the Lavine/Gordon one from a few years ago. I think it's the best overall dunk contest ever.

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JimCa · 01-08-2022, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Nomad

Did they make a Coast to Coast with Jordan and, if so, could someone post it? I am really wondering whom they paired MJ with.

This is the only MJ Coast to Coast I'm aware of. But it's not a dual player set. You thinking of something else?

Nomad · 01-08-2022, 03:29 PM

I thought I was thinking of the classic Topps 98-99 C2C. There were a few versions, but I like 98-99 best.

But actually I was thinking of Top Crop, a similar 96-97 TSC silver insert I like much better, (and bonus, actually double sided).

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Nomad Banned Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: Fomenting FOMO on the down low. Posts: 8,094	Did they make a Coast to Coast with Jordan and, if so, could someone post it? I am really wondering whom they paired MJ with.

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Tallboy Member Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 918	This is my favorite photo on an MJ card. To me, Jordan was an aerial acrobat first and foremost. Very few cards capture that imho, but the '95-96 Topps #1 card nails it: I also love the Power Booster (partial) parallel for that year and it definitely kicks this card to a new level:

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armyml Member Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Chicago/Warsaw Indiana Posts: 1,140 nicodemuscards	There's so many good ones. Here are a few of my favorites. metal universe by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/184385685@N02/] Premium MJ by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/184385685@N02/] mjewing2 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/184385685@N02/]

01-08-2022, 03:29 PM	#50
Nomad Banned Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: Fomenting FOMO on the down low. Posts: 8,094	I thought I was thinking of the classic Topps 98-99 C2C. There were a few versions, but I like 98-99 best. But actually I was thinking of Top Crop, a similar 96-97 TSC silver insert I like much better, (and bonus, actually double sided).