A SIDEWAYS GLANCE : TRADING-CARD CON?Ravenswood, W.Va., police are investigating the cut-rate sale Noun 1. cut-rate sale - an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; "they held a sale to reduce their inventory"; "I got some great bargains at their annual sale" sales event, sale of a Michael Jordan This article is about the former basketball player. For other uses, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player. rookie card as a possible felony. They are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a man between 28 and 32 years old who bought the card for $50 last weekend, said Lt. W.G. Sinnett. Mark Yencha, owner of Pro Image Ballcards in Ravenswood, said the 1986 Fleer fleer intr.v. fleered, fleer·ing, fleers To smirk or laugh in contempt or derision. n. A taunting, scoffing, or derisive look or gibe. card of the Chicago Bulls basketball star is worth about $1,200. He said he based his estimate on a listing in Beckett's Basketball Monthly. Yencha said the man told one of his employees that Yencha agreed to sell the card for $50. Yencha said the employee knew little about the card and agreed to the deal. Yencha said that although the card was printed in 1986, it is considered Jordan's rookie card because it was the first printed by the company. Jordan started playing in the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= a few years earlier. Yencha said he obtained the card about three years ago and noticed it was missing as soon as he walked into his store Saturday. He said the employee who sold the card still works at the store. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: no caption (Michael Jordan Trading Card) |
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