Vintage Gear
The Cleveland Cavaliers of the late ’80s and early ’90s will probably be remembered most as Michael Jordan’s punching bag – “The Shot” in 1989, R...Read More
Vintage Gear: Michael Jordan Lil’ Sport Hoop By Ohio Art
February 26, 2016 BY Yale Schalk / 0 4.75 / 5
If you were a kid in the late ’80s, you might’ve had this hoop on your bedroom door. Toy distributor Ohio Art produced and sold this licensed gem, complete with Michael Jor...Read More
Vintage Gear: Unopened Michael Jordan Gatorade Glass Bottles
February 23, 2016 BY Yale Schalk / 0 4 / 5
Michael Jordan collectibles from the ’80s and early ’90s are undoubtedly some of the rarest sports memorabilia out there. But unopened glass Gatorade bottles with MJ on th...Read More
Upper Deck isn’t all basketball cards. They’ve produced some of the sickest sports figurines this side of the McFarlane Toys and Kenner Starting Lineup runs. This particula...Read More
Vintage Gear: Michael Jordan “Up In The Air” Nike Ad – 1987
October 27, 2015 BY Yale Schalk / 0 0 / 5
With Michael Jordan’s broken foot completely healed and the Chicago Bulls continuing to grow into a playoff team, Nike turned up the marketing style for Air Jordan 2 with ads lik...Read More
Vintage Gear: Michael Jordan Upper Deck “Slam Jammer” Plate
October 19, 2015 BY Yale Schalk / 0 0 / 5
The ’80s and ’90s were the era of commemorative plates. So if you wanted Vintage Gear in the keepsake milieu, you got a plate, most likely with a lithograph of your favorit...Read More
When you think of Wilson Sporting Goods, you think basketballs, tennis rackets, gear bags, and such. But watches? Not really. Unless you’re talking about Michael Jordan – a...Read More
Long before Marvin The Martian was trailing Blake Griffin around the galaxy to leverage the Jordan Super.Fly 4‘s power, he was up in arms against Michael Jordan‘s out-of-th...Read More
Though Michael Jordan’s Restaurant at 500 North LaSalle Street in Chicago has been closed since 1999, remnants of its six-year run remain available to purchase and wear. This N...Read More
Part of Nike’s “Stay In School” message included taking the encouragement directly to the student. Enter the Michael Jordan book cover. If that science text was bummi...Read More
If you were in elementary school around 1990, these were your February 14th jam. Michael Jordan valentines were yet another extension of the massive Air Jordan merchandising machine in...Read More
A staple of most Air Jordan retro releases in the ’00s, the Air Jordan retro card provided extra novelty to the excitement of unboxing your new kicks. And collecting them all was...Read More
Vintage Gear: Michael Jordan Upper Deck “Barons/Bulls” Card – 1994
September 21, 2015 BY Yale Schalk / 0 0 / 5
Our latest Vintage Gear looks at a rather odd Upper Deck trading card from 1994. Michael Jordan was into his baseball adventure at the time but hadn’t yet accumulated nearly enou...Read More
Vintage Gear: Nike Air Jordan “Stay In School” Trading Card – 1991
September 16, 2015 BY Yale Schalk / 0 0 / 5
Vintage Gear rewinds to 1991 and the “Stay In School” issue of Nike’s Air Jordan trading card series. Essentially the series replicated the ads of the day, in this c...Read More
One of the perks of being in the Air Jordan Flight Club in the early ’90s was the rad season magazine that arrived in your mailbox, packed with Michael Jordan stories, factoids, ...Read More