The February 16, 1998 issue was manufactured with a fold-out cover flap, and this copy retains it intact — a notable rarity, as the flap makes the piece far harder to grade at a 9.8. The issue covers the Nagano Winter Olympics, with a striking black-and-white Jordan cover image.

This is the newsstand edition, graded PSA 9.8.

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.