Enjoyed a fantastic NBA Finals series but now getting back to stocking the eBay store with my love of hoops and our local Sacramento Kings! Want to be sure key cards are available like Kenny Smith’s rookie as a local star and a star on the TNT panel. This is Kenny’s rookie from 1988-89 Fleer Card 100.
A favorite King of mine! Ron Artest from the 2008-09 Topps Card #93
After 30 years I’m still amazed at the artwork in the Fleer/Skybox cards. This one is from the 1995-96 Skybox. Card 253 is Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf’s Honor Roll. Mahmoud was drafts as the 3rd pick in the 1990 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets and would later play for the Sacramento Kings 1996-98.
This Michael Jordan NBA MVP hologram didn’t come from a box of cards—it came from eating a Big Mac!
This is a 1991-92 Upper Deck Michael Jordan NBA MVP Hologram that was part of a McDonald’s promotion. If you look closely, you can see the little McDonald’s box logo in the lower left corner of the card.
Back in the early 1990s, basketball fans could enjoy a Big Mac and come away with a collectible featuring the biggest star in the game. Michael Jordan was already becoming a global icon, and promotions like this helped bring NBA trading cards to millions of fans.
I’ve owned higher-value Michael Jordan cards over the years, but cards like this one bring back some of the fondest memories. It’s not always about the most expensive card—sometimes it’s about remembering a trip to McDonald’s, opening a promotional pack, and adding a new card to your collection.
That’s why I believe every card has a story. This card tells the story of a time when a Big Mac, the NBA, and Michael Jordan all came together to create a memory that has lasted more than 30 years.
Skybox had a lot of cool Team USA cards back in the day!
In our eBay store – a graded card from the origins of the Sacramento Kings – The Rochester Royals from the 1948 Bowman. Andrew (Fuzzy) Levane.
1986-87 Fleer Sacramento Kings
When Fleer returned to the basketball card market in 1986, it produced one of the most famous sets in hobby history. While collectors often focus on Michael Jordan’s rookie card, the set also captured the Sacramento Kings during their first NBA season in Sacramento after relocating from Kansas City in 1985.
Featured here are Larry Drew, Eddie Johnson, Reggie Theus, LaSalle Thompson, and Mike Woodson—five players who helped introduce NBA basketball to Sacramento fans.
As a longtime Kings fan, I owned dozens of each of these cards, most of which were pulled from packs purchased at a local drug store that I’d ride my bike to as a kid. Unfortunately, I didn’t keep any of the Michael Jordan rookies that passed through my hands over the years.
Today, those Jordans might be worth enough to buy a new car, but these Kings cards tell a different story—the beginning of Sacramento’s NBA journey. Every card has a story, and these cards remind me where my Kings fandom began.
from the 2024 Cailin Clark Collection – 2024 Mosaic Card RD1
What a great 4-0 run New York just pulled off to get to the finals!!! Great shooting by Landry. Here’s his rookie card from the 2018-19 Prizm card 199 when he played for the Philadelphia 76ers.
Playoff time is so fun – LeBron will be amazing to watch on home court tonight!!!