NBA collectors: help

[kingjammy24]

i'm interested in possibly acquiring 2 items:

- 1989 or 1990 chicago bulls warm-up jacket from a non-star starter like hodges, paxson, or grant.

- a 1989 or 1990 david robinson warm-up jacket.

(by "warm-up jacket" i mean the jackets they wore with the matching pants when they trotted out onto the court at the start of the game. not the shooting shirts or practice jerseys).

i know absolutely nothing about these items. my questions:

- what should i look for? tagging, style, manufacturer, etc

- can anyone post pics of either item (player doesn't matter) so i can get a sense of the style and tagging?

- how much would each item cost approximately?

- is it realistic to expect to find these items or are they extremely rare?

- what would be some great sources to get these 2 items?

anything else anyone can tell me about these items and acquiring them would be appreciated.

rudy.

[both-teams-played-hard]

In 1989-90 season ALL NBA warmups, jerseys and shooting shirts were made by MacGregor Sand Knit. They switched to Champion during 1990-91 season.
They should have a year tag ("89" for 1989-90 season), player number tag, quite possibly extra-length tag and exclusive tag (designed and tailored...etc).

Any Bulls item from the Jordan era (commons and semi-stars) are high-priced and sought after. Hodges, Paxson, or Grant would get $500+
A real David Robinson should go for around $1,000. Fakes and forgeries have brought down the prices.
Beware of store-boughts that have exclusive tags with no year tag or player number tag. I have seen many of these on eBay that have been altered to represent a star player.
Also, many times players wore the shooting shirt under the snap-button warm-up, before games. The shooting shirts from this era seem harder to find than the warm up jackets.

[both-teams-played-hard]

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3077/eat3qx6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Mark Eaton warm-up jacket.
"89" year tag for 1989-90. "53" player uniform number. 6 inches extra length, body. 6 inches extra length, sleeve. Designed and tailored exclusively for Utah Jazz tag and size tag.
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/2241/mil3db0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Darnell Valentine warm-up jacket.
"89" year tag. "11" player uniform number. Milwaukee Bucks exclusive tag. NOT all players had extra length added. Especially players that were close to 6-feet tall.

[ahuff]

Here is one of the best links I've found for referencing NBA items.

http://www.dickscourtroom.com/

[worldchamps]

Kingjammy,

I love when people want to talk Spurs. I do have a David Robinson warmup, I am not interested in selling it however, but I i will include some pictures if that helps you. I have a picture of the front, the frame is double glass but it is entirely too difficult to take off the wall so I included some Dominique Spurs pictures, it is from the same year. On the back off the Robinson it does have his name. This is what tagging looks like on a Champion warm up.

Take cake

Worldchamps

[kingjammy24]

just wanted to thank everyone for their insight and contributions!

great stuff. nice to see some sweet 90s warmup pieces.

rudy.

[LEGEND33]

Hello fron Italy,
Spurs warmup visible in my collection (NOT FOR SALE) at:
http://community.webshots.com/user/converse33 (http://community.webshots.com/user/converse33)