Michael Jordan 1995 autograph baseball card sells for $625,250
A 1995 Upper Deck baseball card featuring Michael Jordan in a Birmingham Barons uniform recently sold for over $625,000 at auction. The high price reflects the intersection of sports history and the growing market for rare, unique collectibles.
Why it matters
It illustrates the high financial value placed on 'anomaly' items in sports memorabilia, specifically those documenting a legendary athlete's career pivot.
Michael Jordan’s brief baseball career continues to create extraordinary moments in the collectibles market. A 1995 Upper Deck SP Top Prospects autograph card showing Jordan in his Birmingham Barons uniform sold for $625,250 through Heritage Auctions on September 18, 2026. The result came only weeks after another copy of the same sought-after card sold for $525,000 through Robert Edward Auctions. Sports Illustrated reported that the Heritage example was graded PSA 6 for the card and PSA 10 for Jordan’s autograph, while the earlier copy received a PSA 8 card grade and a PSA 7 autograph grade. Together, the sales show how collectors value both rarity and the story behind Jordan’s unexpected move from basketball to baseball.A baseball card with a basketball legendMichael Jordan is most closely associated with the Chicago Bulls, six NBA championships and a career that made him one of the most recognisable athletes in modern history.
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