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Back in the late 90s I bought the Mitch Richmond from this set out of dollar box at the lcs. I didn't know anything about this set because I wasn't into basketball cards. It looked different, and I saw it was #ed to 50, so I bought it. At the time I thought it was some type of promo card because of it being #ed with a sharpie, but with no auto. 

I've recently been going through my old collection and came across this card. Searched some on eBay and checked the pop count and realize now how uncommon these cards are to find. 

Anybody have any in their collection? And are they really selling in the 2-4k range? I'm taking it with me to the next card show to ask around about it. Just wanted to see what the thoughts here were.... Thanks

Congrats, you’ve got a little treasure there! With there being basketball collectors all over the world, sometimes the prices just get bananas and this is a desirable set for sure. That shop owner probably never even looked at the back 😲

Nice. He's not a big name, but minimum $500 for this set. Likely higher in the $500-1000 range. I see some chipping on the back, but depending how the surface looks, I'd recommend getting it graded. Grading is stupid IMO, but simply having it graded will double its value.

The Grand Finale cards are awesome.

Serial numbered cards at this short numbering (/50, /100) were uncommon in the 90s and they were not all just parallels of the base set.

It wasn't like now when you struggle to open a few packs of Panini without running in to a SN card.

Hence, they do command high values. SPX being a more premium set helps as well.

The Olajuwon from this set is one of my top wishlist cards.

I don't know if I would bother grading it. Does having it graded a 6 or similar increase its value or resaleability? (I have no idea.)

Very nice find! I’m a big Richmond collector and I do have one of these myself. I can confirm that the last couple sales that I know of went for over $2k. There was a raw one about a year ago listed at auction, and someone convinced the seller to list it at buy it now at $1k. That buyer then graded it and flipped it for $3600 as a PSA 7. Not sure what the auction price would have been raw…