Lot # 1458: 1984-1985 Star Basketball Near Set (282/288)

Before Fleer and Topps re-entered the basketball market, the sole source of licensed NBA trading cards belonged to the Star Company. Bridging the gap is this exceedingly scarce 1984-1985 Star Basketball near set of (282/288) cards. The delicate team color borders have withstood the decades in fine condition with the issue generally presenting in overall (EX-MT) condition with some better or lesser. Highlights include: #1 Bird (EX-MT), #9 McHale (NM), #10 Parish (NM), #12 Bird MVP (NM), #22 Walton (EX-MT), #25 B. King (EX), #67 Gervin (EX-MT), #76 Wilkins (EX-MT), #88 Dawkins (EX), #165 Drexler (EX-MT), #172 M. Johnson (NM), #173 Abdul-Jabbar (EX), #184 Worthy (EX-MT), #204 Erving (EX-MT), #261 I. Thomas (EX), #281 Erving Scoring (EX). #282 Abdul Jabbar Scoring (EX-MT) and #287 I. Thomas Assists (EX). Missing only #101 Jordan RC, #195 Jordan Olympics, #202 Barkley RC, #235 Stockton RC, #237 Olajuwon RC and #288 Jordan ROY for completion. With exception to #101 Jordan, the remainder of the keys are found elsewhere separately in this auction. Note: Due to rudimentary factory printing techniques of the age, centering/size variances are present.