1997 Star '85 Court Kings - Shop At Home Set

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Fast Facts

Year(s) Issued: 1997
Number Cards: 21
Common Card Value (Ex Condition): $20
Estimated Production Run: 1500?

Full 1997 Star ’85 Star Court Kings Checklist

1997 Shop At Home Star Court Kings
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This set was sold on the Shop at Home Network in 1997
Robert Levin of Star led the public to believe these cards had been locked in a warehouse for over 10 years and were finally being released.
However, the set was actually produced in 1997, without an NBA license. Star and Levin were subsequently sued by the NBA.
The set features 21 of the top players in the NBA. The cards have yellow borders and blue text – not to be confused with the 1986 (licensed) Court Kings set with Yellow Borders and Red Text.
Additionally, there was a licensed 1985 Star Court Kings set that is 5×7 in size.
The Jordan image used in this set was not seen in any previous licensed Star sets.

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1997 Shop at Home Star ’85 Court Kings Set – Summary

This set features 21 star basketball players from the NBA. The set also features one card of Michael Jordan.

Like all other Star sets, these were released in bags as shown below.

All Shop at Home sets were issued with a letter from Robert Levin, founder of Star. All letters were written very similarly, all claiming that these sets were unearthed from storage when, in fact, Levin had unlawfully printed them in 1997. This is a letter for the red Jordan Olympics set, but they are all basically the same.

1997 Shop at Home Star ’85 Court Kings Set – Checklist

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Los Angeles Lakers
Mark Aguirre – Dallas Mavericks
Charles Barkley – Philadelphia 76ers
Larry Bird – Boston Celtics
Rolando Blackman – Dallas Mavericks
Terry Cummings – Milwaukee Bucks
Adrian Dantley – Utah Jazz
Alex English – Denver Nuggets
Julius Erving – Philadelphia 76ers
Darrell Griffith – Utah Jazz
Magic Johnson – Los Angeles Lakers
Michael Jordan – USA
Bernard King – New York Knicks
Moses Malone – Philadelphia 76ers
Sidney Moncrief – Milwaukee Bucks
Larry Nance (UER: Back says 1984 ABA Slam Dunk Contest instead of NBA) – Phoenix Suns
Akeem Olajuwon – Houston Rockets
Ralph Sampson – Houston Rockets
Isiah Thomas – Detroit Pistons
Dominique Wilkins – Atlanta Hawks
James Worthy – Los Angeles Lakers

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