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Nike poster cards are a Michael Jordan treasure trove

1982/83, Nike flooded sporting goods stores with low-cost posters of all the sports stars of the day. Many of these posters with their catchy titles and unique poses have become iconic symbols of their time. Since there were many different posters and they were difficult to display for customers, Nike made mini 5x7” “poster cards” for the stores to display. We think all NIKE posters had an equivalent poster card which were produced in much smaller quantities, i.e. one per store. The poster cards were made of cardboard and had a hole punched in

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