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Specs
Year: 1985
Title: Prism Jewel NBA Stickers
Size: Most are 2 11/16″ by 4″
Number in Set: 14
Overview
In the mid-1980s, grocery stores sold the stickers inside of vending machines at their entrances. Understandably, most kids immediately peeled them and stuck them on stuff, so few exist in high-grade today.
Beckett describes the set as “gaudy.” And, they’re not wrong; the fronts are incredibly colorful foil-holographs that feature drawn pictures of the players with their name and a facsimile autograph. The stickers have rounded corners and a silver border. The backs are blank and unnumbered.
Example
Key Cards
The Michael Jordan is by far the most in-demand card in the set, but if you’re a graded card collector, PSA has slabbed the fewest Ralph Sampson cards.
Checklist
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Larry Bird
Larry Bird / James Worthy
Julius Erving
Patrick Ewing
Magic Johnson
Michael Jordan
Moses Malone
Moses Malone / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Sidney Moncrief
Ralph Sampson
Isiah Thomas
Kelly Tripucka
Buck Williams