This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/10/2010
According to a 2005 Sports Illustrated article detailing the most elusive Michael Jordan collectible trading cards ever made, "In 1994, after Michael Jordan first retired from the Bulls to join the Birmingham Barons, a White Sox Double A farm team, Fleer made his baseball card. But the company wasn't happy with his photo, so it destroyed the 90,000 cards it had printed--except for the dozen or so kept by Fleer employees." The reason for Fleer's unhappiness was rumored to be the lack of clarity in Jordan's face and the inability to read the team name on his jersey. Take a look at our BGS 10 example of the corrected version of this legendary card to make your own comparisons. Says Oscar Garcia, author of Collecting Michael Jordan Memorabilia, the discarded versions "are so limited that most collectors don't even know they exist." Indeed, only 7 examples have ever surfaced at the Dallas-based Beckett Grading Services, yielding on two GEMS, one of which we are tremendously thrilled to offer here, along with our very sincerest of recommendations. So good luck, because you're certainly going to need it!