Michael Jordan 623 Project #43
MASS SALES UPDATE COMPLETE - Then And Now. Comparing Peak 2025 prices vs Peak 2026 on the qualifying 100 HIGHEST POP MJ Slabs
I’m back after spending hours on the grueling job of updating all relevant sales for Michael Jordan 623 Project cards through the beginning of May 2026. All major grades from PSA/BGS from 8-10 in most cases and some even lower grades for bigger cards. It’s real tough keeping updated on this, but it’s the engine to everything. And it’s all for your benefit - the Michael Jordan 623 subscriber.
It’s time to take some deep data dives into what we’ve been seeing in the market in 2026. This is very different bull market than we saw in 2021. A smarter one. No one is throwing wads of cash on cheap prospect players or what have you.
There’s throwing money down on high pop Michael Jordan cards.
It’s kind of crazy. High pop Michael Jordan cards - particularly from earlier years - have been vibing lately. And that’s what we’ll focus on today. I’m going to go through the 100 card PSA slabs with the HIGHEST pop counts - whatever grade - and track some then and now prices.
THEN = Highest sale of that slab in calendar year 2025 (excluding major outlier sales)
NOW = Highest sale of 2026 for any slab sold at least five teams in 2026
So, we’re sticking with cards that at least sell somewhat often here so we can derive reliable trends from it. Today - we look at the 100 most prevalent PSA slabs. By that I mean those with the highest pop counts with a minimum value of $250. That way we aren’t bombarded with 1990 Fleer and 1991 Upper Deck baseball. We get it. There’s a billion of those.
Going from least to highest pop count Michael Jordan cards, we start with 100 - 91 for the free sub sneak preview. I’m running it this way so we can expose some trends going on that don’t have to do with pop counts. We all know low pop cards are valuable - but that’s not driving the 2026 craziness as much as you might think.
Be sure to support the project for the full list and discussion on what’s going on. Next post will run this same list in order of percent growth so we can visualize other trends in the modern year market.
Here we go.
Again - we’re listing these in order of pop counts. Meaning the 1997 Z-Force Slam Cam PSA 9 is the 100th highest pop slab that fit the filters we established.
The first thing that jumps out to me other than the fact that most of these cards are on the up is that for some reason the 1996 SPx Holoview Heroes is down. Well, pretty much flat. And to be honest - it is down as some sales came in afterward my pull that sold in the mid to high $200s. There are just over 100 PSA 10s, so it’s not some super common card either.
Have we just found a diamond buy in the rough even in today’s bull market?
I’ll say it. I think we have. If you’re looking for a very nice looking card from a great product without the fear of a frenzy crash - this might be solid option. And I might see a reason as to why. The 9s follow the 10s as they say and the last four PSA 10 sales of this card were all Buy It Nows on eBay. There hasn’t been an auction for it since mid-January. That was on Fanatics for about $1,300. Cards were just starting to heat up from winter vacation. I think both of these cards are buys. The 9 and the 10.
There you go free subs! One data-driven suggestion on the house. Much more to come as we dive into the other 90 from this list. I think you’ll find it worth the price of a latte per month.
