DimeLabs — c.1985 · Rookie Portrait · The Sporting News (Rookie)

Front · Original black & white photograph

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Back · Three layers of provenance

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Typed subject label

"Michael Jordan" — handwritten in red on the reverse, with the editorial notation "p.56 · 11/3/86 · TSN," marking the page and issue the photograph ran in.

Photographer credit stamp

"1985" — written along the lower edge of the reverse, dating the print to Jordan's rookie era.

PSA/DNA Type I certification

PSA/DNA certifies this as an original Type I photograph from The Sporting News archive, America's oldest sports publication, founded 1886.

Three layers of provenance on a single print

A solo portrait — Jordan alone, hands on his knees during a break in play. Many rookie-era photographs show him alongside other players; a clean single-subject shot from this period is far harder to find. a different aspect of the chain of custody from the moment the shutter was pressed to the PSA vault it sits in today.

The reverse carries handwritten editorial notations: "Michael Jordan" in red, "p.56 · 11/3/86 · TSN" marking the page and issue, and the year "1985" along the lower edge. PSA/DNA certifies the print as an original Type I photograph from The Sporting News archive.

An 8 × 10 original, certified Type I by PSA/DNA with a full Letter of Authenticity noting its origin in The Sporting News archive.sons. Together they form one of the most thoroughly documented back histories in the DimeLabs collection.

— DimeLabs · c.1985 Rookie Portrait · Type 1 · PSA Cert #85645962

Dating to Jordan's rookie era with the Chicago Bulls, when he was named an All-Star starter and NBA Rookie of the Year.