Sports Illustrated ·

Publications & Printed Items · PSA 9.8 · Magazine

Sports Illustrated · "On a Collision Course"
May 11, 1992 · Newsstand

PSA 9.8 · authenticated original

Estimated value

$8,000

One of one · not for sale

Front · Vol. 76 #18 · May 11, 1992

Sports Illustrated On a Collision Course cover front

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Back · PSA slab reverse · Cert #159424811

Sports Illustrated back cover Merit Ultima ad

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Item details

GradePSA 9.8 · highest graded

PopulationPop 6 · PSA census at time of acquisition

SignificanceJordan & Drexler · playoff preview

Why it matters1st Clyde Drexler Sports Illustrated cover

Cover & backNewsstand edition

PublisherTime, Inc.

CertificationCert #159424811 · PSA 9.8

Jordan's return, on the cover

The May 11, 1992 issue previewed a potential Finals showdown between Jordan and Portland's Clyde Drexler, framed as the two stars on a collision course. The Bulls and Trail Blazers would meet in the 1992 NBA Finals that June.

This is the newsstand edition, graded PSA 9.8.

Jordan and Clyde Drexler, his top rival that season, primed for a playoff showdown — and Drexler's first Sports Illustrated cover.

— DimeLabs · Sports Illustrated Vol. 76 #18 · PSA Cert #159424811

This is the newsstand edition, graded PSA 9.8. Per the PSA census at time of acquisition it sits at Pop 2 with none higher, and is the top-graded newsstand copy recorded — the kind of top-of-census, culturally significant piece DimeLabs targets.