GUEST: We were going through my dad's comic books and we found the Michael Jordan rookie card.

His mom bought them for him when he was around my age.

He found them at a swap meet.

He said that she wouldn't have paid, like, more than $50 for all of them.

APPRAISER: The card closest to me, this is the famous Michael Jordan rookie card, 1986, '87 Fleer card.

Jordan's rookie year was the year prior.

Uh, because of licensing issues, Fleer came out with the card a year later.

You could buy a pack for 30 cents.

GUEST: Yeah.

APPRAISER: Now if the card was in there.

Wonderful, right?

GUEST: Yeah.

APPRAISER: Hit or miss.

You got lucky if you had the sticker in there with it, right?

GUEST: Yeah.

APPRAISER: And that's-that's what the card closest to you is.

GUEST: Yes.

APPRAISER: Really, truly, this is among the best cards... GUEST: Yeah.

APPRAISER: ...in-in sports.

Certainly in basketball.

Value is a finicky thing with cards because of condition.

We think it's probably closer to, on a one-to-ten scale, a two or three grade, maybe closer to a two-- there's some issues with the corners, but at auction, the rookie card closest to me would sell for $2,000 to $2,500, okay?

The sticker, again, some issues with condition.

That probably sells for $400 to $500 at auction.

So you have an idea now of where you, where you sit and what to look for.

GUEST: Yeah.

Yeah.

APPRAISER: Convince your dad to go buy some more.

(both laugh)