Rare #1/1 Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant Logoman card set to break hobby record
The only copy of an extraordinary auto patch card featuring NBA legends Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant is poised to set a hobby record for basketball cards.
The #1/1 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman Autographs Michael Jordan & Kobe Bryant signed card (PSA 6) has a bid $6.77 million, including buyer’s premium, with three days remaining in the Aug. 23-24 Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction at Heritage Auctions.
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The sale would surpass the record sale of a 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection LeBron James Rookie Patch Auto card that sold for $5.2 million in a private sale in 2021.
According to Heritage, a 2009 Panini National Treasures Logoman Steph Curry #1/1 card sold for $5.9 million in a private sale, and the auction record for a basketball card is $3.12 million for a 2018 Panini National Treasures Logoman Luka Dončić #1/1 card.
“The demand for this card is astronomical, which makes sense, because it has everything, including photos, jersey patches and signatures from two of the greatest players who ever stepped on the court,” Heritage Director of Sports Auctions Chris Ivy said. “The Dual Logoman card offered in this auction is the only example created that includes only Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant—making it the most sought-after example of the incredible Upper Deck Logoman series, and because of Kobe Bryant’s tragic death in 2020, it always will be the only one.”
The iconic Jordan-Kobe card is not the only unique Jordan collectible that headlines the Heritage auction.
Also up for bid is a Massive 1994-98 United Center original game-used court section signed by Jordan with five inscriptions. Measuring 8-by-8 feet, the section is part of the floor used when Jordan returned to the Chicago Bulls after his first retirement and helped the team embark on its second run of three consecutive NBA championships.
The section of the court floor is photo-matched to the 2001-02 season through the 2005-06 campaign. More than a decade after it was removed, the consignor arranged to have Jordan sign it. Not only did Jordan inscribe his enormous signature—32 inches—but he underscored his autograph with details rarely added to other inscriptions: “Air Jordan, 5x MVP, 6x Finals MVP, 10x Scoring Title, HOF 2009.”
The Heritage auction features 76 Jordan cards and collectibles, including a 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan Rookie #57 graded SGC Pristine Gold Label 10) that is the only SGC Pristine Gold 10 specimen out of more than 4,000 submissions; a 1984 Michael Jordan NBA Debut Chicago Sun-Times news photograph (PSA/DNA Type 1) from his first NBA game; a 1995 game-used and signed bat (PSA/DNA GU 10); a 1990-91 game-issued and signed Chicago Bulls jersey; two pair of 1984 game-worn Los Angeles Olympics game-worn USA Basketball sneakers, each with a ticket stub from his NBA debut in 1984 against the Washington Bullets.