Michael Jordan is one of the most famous player to ever retire from the NBA. He is amongst the NBA players who had actually created the name and fame for this game. With his athlete body, his dunks and art of the game, he is considered as the biggest superstar in the NBA history. Many young stars like Lebron, Kobe and Wade have taken over where he left off but he is still “The Michael Jordan”, the best all around player to ever play the game of basketball.
As his professional achievements grew, the value of his memorabilia and the endorsements grew multiple folds. MJ cards, autographs, memorabilia and his game worn jersey bagged a huge sum of money by the fans he made crazy about basketball and the Jordan brand.
There are few players for whom people are really crazy and up to extent of spending anything for obtaining their game memorabilia or the merchandise associated for the game. MJ memorabilia lead the league and most other sports franchises with sold merchandise.
The game merchandise, after his retirement were auctioned amongst the game lovers and the response and passion people carried about MJ is worth a mention. His Game Worn jersey only quoted a huge sum of USD 17,000 which was auctioned by HUNT AUCTIONS.
MJ game worn jersey featured “Jordan” lettering above his number 23 with the NBA logo patch seen into the top left shoulder area. The back of the jersey features letters both in red on black and white color design. Not only that, this MJ’s game worn jersey ranked amongst the finest ever made available given its flawless original team provenance.
Many Jordan items are actually priced less than its peak level of the mid 90’s. Jordan items might not be at their peak but his popularity is still tremendous and remarkable and will be in the heart of his fans ever and forever.
The most phenomenal basketball player of all the time, the one who staggered the world with his defensive and offensive moves and will always be known for his “SLAM DUNKS”. Jordan’s Slam dunk with his bare signature tongue is the moment every game craves to have.
MJ is the one and only who won the Slam Dunk championships back to back in 1987 and 1988. His flexible body enabled him with such fantastic moves of scoring and dunking. Eventually, people started recognizing MJ with his magnificent dunks. His Slam dunks bought him the name of “Air Jordan” and “His Airness”.
Laying down the statistics on paper it is estimated that in his career of 10 years he approximately dunked a phenomenal 2186 times in regular season and approx. 448 times in playoffs. His best dunks could be seen in the historic match of Rookie. There was hardly any competition left out in NBA beating him out with the great numbers and books of records he created for himself.
The only competition he had was with Wilkins with whom he fought for winning the Dunk title. The competitors fought for the title from 1986 champion Spud Webb, Houston Otis Smith and Portland’s high-flying Clyde Drexler to finally fight for the undisputed title. The game began and the stadium was filled with 18,000 fans to see the showcase of world’s greatest dunker. The game began and the stadium was intense with the game, performance and power demonstrated at the court. With a neck-to neck competition between the two pioneers, it was the Jordan who won the battle and crowned with the best Slam Dunk title.
MJ’s emerged as the one who is and always be symbolic and iconic to the basketball aspirants. His moves, his slam dunks, his art of the game will always be treated like a castle in the sky and the world will always know him as the best DUNKER of all the times.
Michael Jordan (MJ), a name synonym to NBA. Having credit to his account, 6 NBA championships, 14 times NBA All Star, 10 times All NBA first team and a countless never ending inventory of titles and awards, he is the greatest NBA player of all the time.
Beginning his career by joining Chicago Bulls in 1984, he lead everybody amazed with his stunning performance and art of the game with mastery in defense. His patented “Slam Dunks” bought him the title of “Air Jordan”. MJ showing the spirit of a real sports person had passion in other games like baseball, football and basketball. For realizing his passion he took a step forward to play from NBA to base ball in 1993-94. However, he returned back to the old pavilion of NBA in 1995 with the Bulls and made a conquest consequently over a period of 3 years i.e. 1996, 1997 and 1998.
MJ retired finally got retired in 1999 but only with the Bulls and not with basketball. He made a comeback in 2001 but in the court and alliance with Washington Wizard.
MJ entitles himself with the titles of All NBA first team designations, All- defensive first team honors, NBA defensive player and was framed at Basketball Hall of fame in recent, April 6, 2009.
MJ had a three tier retirement cycle. Firstly, he got himself retired in October’93. Retirement announcement shattered the NBA and was published in the newspapers across globe. Secondly, he moved himself away was in Jan’99 (final retirement from Bulls). His comeback was with Washington wizards in Sep’2001.
He was finally departed from the game he loved because of torn cartilage in his right knee.
MJ was casted on 2 Olympic Basketball games for United States, which won the Olympic Gold Medal in 1984 and 1992 in Los Angeles and Barcelona respectively.
Spreading the glory of NBA to the world, the NBA has acclaimed MJ as “By Acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all the time”.
Having one or two Michael Jordan signed posters in your collection is not something that you should pass up. While these posters are much like photographs, they enjoy a separate category as these are often more affordable than their photo paper counterparts. These posters are printed in paper stock that is either matte laminated or glossed. The value of these posters comes from the rarity of the pictures and the quality of the pictures. A Michael Jordan poster can be bought at an average of $50 apiece, although some are available at as low as $20.
One Jordan poster that enjoys higher value is the out-of-print Mount Dunkmore published by Nike in 1992. The basketball legend poster features the busts of four NBA legends Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Charles Barkley, and David Robertson carved into rock ala Mount Rushmore. There is a limited quantity of this poster available for sale. This Michael Jordan poster measures 23” x 35”. Other out-of-print posters that are available for sale are the 1989 Michael Jordan “The Shot,” and the 2003 Michael Jordan “Last Home Game.”
Michael Jordan wall posters have a number of other interesting designs and layouts. Some of these layouts show the superstar in action with live action shots. MJ running in a fastbreak, MJ doing a dunk, and MJ in midair after throwing the last shot – these are just some of the poster prints available for sale for Michael Jordan sports memorabilia collectors. These could be bought from several reputable memorabilia dealers and sports collectible stores at various price ranges. The rarer the design, the more expensive it becomes. Even with the advent of other media, these posters still enjoy some amount of demand from sports memorabilia collectors.
There are other Michael Jordan collectibles for sale in most sports memorabilia dealers. It is important to choose to get your sports memorabilia from dealers that are reliable. There are a lot of opportunists out there who just want to get a quick buck by duping collectors into buying stuff based on false descriptions. It is always best to scope out your source first before forking over some money. Also, as the internet has been the more popular means of shopping nowadays especially for hard-to-find items like those in memorabilia sites, make sure you get a trustworthy accurate description of the item you are buying before you make your purchase. It would be just perfect if you could get a money back guarantee on your item, which sadly is not available at all times.
Michael Jordan collectibles are some of the most valued collectibles in the memorabilia market. The name Michael Jordan is synonymous to basketball the world over. While other players have succeeded in making NBA popular in the United States, it was Michael Jordan that got the whole world hooked into the league. Because of this legend, sports enthusiasts from across the globe are tuned in to the comings and goings of the league. Jordan traced a career of wins and was recognized as the league MVP five times and the finals MVP for six times.
It would be just perfect for that Michael Jordan display cabinet of yours to have a live action shot of one of MJ’s championship games. Nothing captures Jordan’s hardcourt magic than a Michael Jordan photograph showing him floating up in the air in action. One such Michael Jordan photo is a shot taken in 1998 in the final seconds of the NBA finals that Chicago Bulls played against Utah Jazz. This particular game marked the teams sixth NBA finals title in eight years. This milestone sealed Jordan’s stature as a legend in basketball history. In this Michael Jordan picture, MJ is shown in an 18-foot jumper at 5.2 seconds left on the game clock. Several copies of this 8 x 10 Michael Jordan photograph has been mounted along with a 4 x 6 piece of the game floor signed by Jordan himself. This particular Jordan photo is valued at about $1,500. The signature was authenticated by Upper Deck in its five-step authentication process.
Another piece of MJ photograph worth over $1000 is a framed 8 x 10 photo of the legend running in a fastbreak to make the goal. This Michael Jordan snapshot captures the essence of MJ as a clutch player, determined to plow over the defense to get to the basket. Jordan is a five-time league MVP and a six-time finals MVP. He has scored over 30,000 in points, rebounded about 6,672 times, had 5,633 assists, stole 2,514 plays and blocked 893 shots during his stint with both the Bulls and the Wizards.
As MJ dabbled in advertising when he endorsed Nike, he came up with various photographs that also sold well in the memorabilia market. One such Jordan picture that is valued highly is the Wings Nike concept poster. The framed autographed copy of the “Wings Nike Concept Poster” Breaking Through display piece. This photograph shows MJ in an upper torso shot with arms spread out. A miniature Nike basketball piece that projects out of the image is added to the signed original photograph. The Michael Jordan photograph is priced at almost $3,000.
There are other photographs of Michael Jordan that are available in the memorabilia market at lower costs. Unframed smaller photographs can be bought at upwards of $50, with the prices varying depending on the rarity of the shot, the size of the photograph, and if there are other personalities along wtih MJ in the photograph. These photographs are available in a number of accredited sports memorabilia dealers and often come with certificates of authenticity. The advancements in the graphics industry have made these photographs along with MJ’s autograph a lot easy to replicate. As a result, there are a number of vendors trying to pass off their copies for the real thing. Be sure to get your certificate of authenticity from your dealer to preserve the value of your collection. Reputable dealers will not have any difficulty presenting this document to you since all of the items in their inventory usually carries an Upper Deck certification.
No other hoopster has enjoyed the acclaim accorded to Michael Jordan. He has won many titles playing ball from his teen’s right through his retirement from professional basketball. Anything signed by Michael Jordan naturally would fetch a high market price in the sports collectibles market. The product range carrying the Michael Jordan autograph is varied. From basketball collector cards, to jerseys and apparel, to posters and photographs, to game-issued basketballs, these are just some of the items that are made more valuable just with the addition of a Michael Jordan autograph.
There is great value to items that carry the Michael Jordan signature. That is why a lot of enterprising people are able to take advantage of the advances in printing and graphic arts technology to make replicas of items bearing the Michael Jordan autograph. There value of these items of course is dictated by the corresponding demand. For as long as these replicas are being sold in the market for what they really are and not to dupe collectors in thinking that they have the real thing, there is nothing really wrong about making money selling reprints and replicas. Continue Reading ->
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I Am a Michael Jordan Fan like many other people from around the world. He was one of the NBA's best players from all time.
