1982 NCAA Finals Michael Jordan Hits "The Shot" Full Ticket(Yellow Variant), Signed by Jordan & Dean Smith, PSA EX 5 & Auto 8...
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1982 NCAA Finals Michael Jordan Hits "The Shot" Full Ticket(Yellow Variant), Signed by Jordan & Dean Smith, PSA EX 5 & Auto 8 - Only Known Exemplar! Three future Hall of Famers would do battle at the Louisiana Superdome on March 29, 1982 to determine whether Michael Jordan and James Worthy's UNC Tarheels or Patrick Ewing's Georgetown Hoyas were the best team in collegiate basketball. It would prove to be one of the most exciting and fiercely contested Finals in March Madness history, providing the freshman Jordan with the first of many watershed moments on the national stage, a fifteen-foot jumper from the left baseline with seventeen seconds to play which would prove to be the final points scored in Carolina's 63 to 62 victory. On this date, the legend of Air Jordan was born.While eighty-six full tickets from that historic contest appear in a PSA slab, only three are signed by Jordan and only the yellow variant offered here bears the autographs of the man who hit the game-winner and his legendary head coach, each executed in near-perfect black sharpie. Validation from PSA/DNA eliminate any authenticity concerns.
While the autographs are personalized, the scarcity of having both a Michael Jordan and Dean Smith signed full ticket from the event is extraordinary. In fact, we are not aware of any other example. Encapsulated by PSA/DNA, EX 5 & Auto 8.
Guide Value or Estimate: $20,000 - up.
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2026 February 28 - March 1 Winter Platinum Night Sports Catalog Auction #50083 (go to Auction Home page)
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Friday
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