Base Metal Jordan cards???? These are some really odd times

[mrmopar]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1997-98-Me...418777?hash=item4472e57e19:g:73EAAOSwVopgFyJ8
Tons of these are selling for 3 digit amounts! This is a base card! What am I missing? I know it is colorful and probably very condition sensitive. I wish I could check to see if I have any. If I do, they are likely buried. I'd sell any that I had for these prices. Maybe it's time for a dig!!!

 

[MrMet]

Pretty sure I have that, and have seen it recently...


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[zyceoa]

I sold one a couple of years ago for $50 and thought I got a good deal. Whoops. All basketball is stupid right now. Some people are willing to pay over $100 for a Lemelo Ball Hoops rookie. Or $400 for a box of Hoops. I'm out.

 

[gamecockfanatic]

bv on that one has been at 400 since around april...even the cheesier one from metal championship has been at 100 since the same time...want more ? like 97-98 topps kobe at 150...04-05 topps lebron at 150...or just this week 91-92 fleer jordan up to 30...this is not new ...its been going on better than a year now...

 

[BarryBonds762]

The reason the 97-98 metal base Jordans are selling for absurd amounts during these times is because the holy grail of all basketball cards is the Green Precious Metal Gems parallel of that card.

 

[mrmopar]

That does not make sense to me, but then again anything over $3 for that Jordan doesn't either!

 

[BarryBonds762]

That does not make sense to me, but then again anything over $3 for that Jordan doesn't either!

Its also one of the most Iconic sets from the 90's and also a very iconic card. Plus its MJ. I wish they were still 3.00 cuz I don't have any lol

 

[mrmopar]

I have to see if I have any. I never bought a lot of basketball to begin with and the Grant Hill RC time frame was my biggest time to buy packs. I was still buying when Kobe and Iverson were rookies and recall some stuff when Tim Duncan was a rookie. I think that all predated this issue though, so I may have still bought a few packs or a box. Like anything else epic, I probably missed the boat. Too many stories about this...Gretzky RC, Jordan Fleer RC, Bird/Johnson RC (This time I did buy, but broke up the panels)