1997 Star ’85 Gatorade (White Border) – Shop At Home Set

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Fast Facts

Year(s) Issued: 1997
Number Cards: 9
Common Card Value (Ex Condition): $15
Estimated Production Run: <1500?

Full 1997 Star ’85 Star Gatorade Checklist

1997 Shop At Home Star All-Rookies
Set On EBAY

KEYS FOR COLLECTORS

  • 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 nine players who participated in the 1984 Slam Dunk NBA Contest. A similar set in green border that was licensed was produced in 1985-86.
  • The Jordan image is the same image used in the (licensed) Gatorade Slam Dunk set, just with different colored borders..green vs white. The SAH set is the same as the licensed original in number aside from no checklist in SAH version.

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1997 Shop at Home Star ’85 Gatorade Slam Dunk Set – Summary 

This set features a 9-card set of the NBA Slam Dunk contest finalists. The set also features one card of Michael Jordan.

The image in the unlicensed Shop at Home set matches the one from the 85-86 Gatorade set, with the only difference being the border color.

The unlicensed Shop At Home Card
jordan-gatorade
The licensed Jordan card with Greem borders.

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. Here’s a letter for the Shop At Home All-Rookies set.

1997 Shop at Home Star Gatorade (White Border) Set – Checklist


1 Larry Nance, Phoenix Suns
2 Terence Stansbury, Indiana Pacers
3 Clyde Drexler, Portland Trail Blazers
5 Julius Erving, Philadelphia 76ers
5 Darrell Griffith, Utah Jazz
6 Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls
7 Dominique Wilkins, Atlanta Hawks
8 Orlando Woolridge, Chicago Bulls
9 Charles Barkley,  Philadelphia 76ers

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