Michael Jordan has not appeared in an NBA game since the 2002-03 season, but his greatness and mystique has lived on through the sports memorabilia market, especially after the documentary of the final days of his dynastic Chicago Bulls was released in 2020.
A Jordanian trading card sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars on the PWCC Marketplace. The 1997 Upper Deck game jersey patch sold for $840,000. The card featured his jersey from the 1992 NBA All-Star Game. Beckett graded the card a min near mint 8 and the signature was given a 10.
It was the very first time that you could pull a game-used and autographed Michael Jordan card out of a trading card pack, according to PWCC executive Jesse Craig.
With only 23 copies of the card released, this card was almost impossible to pull out of a pack. It remains one of the most in-demand basketball cards on the market, and remains one of the most in-demand ones. The Jordan card was part of the January Premier Auction of PWCC. The auction totaled nearly $12 million in sales, according to the company.
Jordan's eighth career appearance was the All-Star Game in 1992. The game was played in Orlando and brought to a time when a lot of attention was given to Los Angeles Lakers star Magic Johnson.
Johnson was diagnosed with HIV and announced his retirement at the beginning of the season. He was voted into the All-Star Game and scored 25 points in the Western Conference's 153 -- 113 win.
Johnson would return to the NBA during the 1995 -- 96 season and appear in 32 games for the Lakers.