{"id":3495,"date":"2018-06-07T09:20:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T16:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/championblogger.com\/blog\/?p=3495"},"modified":"2019-07-27T17:19:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T00:19:10","slug":"champion-procut-michael-jordan-50th-anniversary-commemorative-rookie-jersey-holy-grail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/championblogger.com\/blog\/?p=3495","title":{"rendered":"Champion Pro Cut Michael Jordan 50th Anniversary Commemorative Rookie Jersey &#8211; Holy Grail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3497\" src=\"http:\/\/championblogger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/12-3-96-Jordan-NBA-50th-Anniversary-Jersey.jpg\" alt=\"12-3-96 Jordan NBA 50th Anniversary Jersey\" width=\"1980\" height=\"3346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/championblogger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/12-3-96-Jordan-NBA-50th-Anniversary-Jersey.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/championblogger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/12-3-96-Jordan-NBA-50th-Anniversary-Jersey-178x300.jpg 178w, https:\/\/championblogger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/12-3-96-Jordan-NBA-50th-Anniversary-Jersey-768x1298.jpg 768w, https:\/\/championblogger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/12-3-96-Jordan-NBA-50th-Anniversary-Jersey-606x1024.jpg 606w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chicago-area department store Carson&#8217;s ran this advertisement on December 3, 1996 to promote Champion&#8217;s retro line of NBA 50th Anniversary jerseys. The focal point of the ad is the Limited Edition Pro Cut Michael Jordan 50th Anniversary Commemorative Rookie Jersey. It&#8217;s the only authentic jersey that Champion released for the NBA 50th Anniversary collection. It was limited to 200 and available only by phone order from Carsons. This is the &#8220;Holy Grail&#8221; of Jordan jerseys. I&#8217;ve only seen two come up for auction on Ebay in my nearly 20 years of collecting.<\/p>\n<p>The photo of the jersey in the ad\u00a0is actually not the official size that Champion produced. Note the jock tag is a size 46 in the ad. That was Jordan&#8217;s standard size throughout most of his career (Size 46 with Body Length +3). But in his rookie season, Jordan started with a size 42\u00a0and then switched to a Size 44 with Body Length +4&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3501\" src=\"http:\/\/championblogger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michael-Jordan-Game-Used-Chicago-Bulls-Rookie-Rawlings-Jersey.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Jordan Game Used Chicago Bulls Rookie Rawlings Jersey\" width=\"1440\" height=\"912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/championblogger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michael-Jordan-Game-Used-Chicago-Bulls-Rookie-Rawlings-Jersey.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/championblogger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michael-Jordan-Game-Used-Chicago-Bulls-Rookie-Rawlings-Jersey-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/championblogger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michael-Jordan-Game-Used-Chicago-Bulls-Rookie-Rawlings-Jersey-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/championblogger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michael-Jordan-Game-Used-Chicago-Bulls-Rookie-Rawlings-Jersey-1024x649.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So Champion actually produced these to the exact rookie season specs. Below is a photo of the jersey. Note that it&#8217;s not double-tagged. It has the jock tag, Size 44. On the interior hem is the additional tag indicating Body Length +4&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3503\" src=\"http:\/\/championblogger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michael-Jordan-Chicago-Bulls-Procut-NBA-50th-Anniversary-Authentic-Jersey.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls Procut NBA 50th Anniversary Authentic Jersey\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/championblogger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michael-Jordan-Chicago-Bulls-Procut-NBA-50th-Anniversary-Authentic-Jersey.jpg 900w, https:\/\/championblogger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michael-Jordan-Chicago-Bulls-Procut-NBA-50th-Anniversary-Authentic-Jersey-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/championblogger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michael-Jordan-Chicago-Bulls-Procut-NBA-50th-Anniversary-Authentic-Jersey-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3502 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/championblogger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/jordan-inside.jpg\" alt=\"jordan inside\" width=\"417\" height=\"668\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago-area department store Carson&#8217;s ran this advertisement on December 3, 1996 to promote Champion&#8217;s retro line of NBA 50th Anniversary jerseys. 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