Before Exquisite. Before National Treasures. Before any of it — Upper Deck changed the hobby forever with the Game Jersey Autograph series.

Two of them. Both from 1998. Both featuring a piece of game-worn Bulls jersey from the 1992-93 first three-peat season. Both hand-signed and hand-numbered by Jordan himself to 23 copies.

The Gold — BGS 9.
The SPx Finite — PSA 7. Pop 1. Nothing graded higher.

Upper Deck’s late-90s Game Jersey sets laid the groundwork for everything the high-end card market became.

These are the originals — and MJ is the reason they still matter. Both are live in the Fanatics Collect Premier Auction.