Experts on Michael Jordan game used tagging?

[33bird]

Would a legit pair of Michael Jordan game used shoes ever have the word SAMPLE on them? Somebody is offering a pair right now and they have that word on them. None of my MJ gamers do. Please advise. Thanks a lot.
Greg
biggamebird@yahoo.com

[33bird]

Any Jordan shoe experts out there?

[Vintagedeputy]

I'm no expert but that sounds like a salesman sample to me.

[allstarsplus]

Would a legit pair of Michael Jordan game used shoes ever have the word SAMPLE on them? Somebody is offering a pair right now and they have that word on them. None of my MJ gamers do. Please advise. Thanks a lot.
Greg
biggamebird@yahoo.com

Greg - I have had that same issue come up with Shaq shoes too if you are referring to the fabric label sewn on the underneath portion of the tongue.

The best expert on that would probably be Dan Cisneros who handles a lot of NBA shoes.

I will call Dan and see if he can respond to this.

[elbooman]

some jordan shoes have sample, usually the ones from the wizards always have sample. i have a pair of his jordan 17s when he wore with wizards and they have SAMPLE NOT FOR RESALE on them in the insides. about the tagging, most of his shoes from his early days like early 90s are size 13, but towards the end of his career in the later 90s he wore size 13.5

[33bird]

I'd really like to hear what the expert has to say. These are Michael Jordan shoes XI from 1995-96. Everything looks good. He even has a picture of Charles Oakley handing him the shoes, but I've never seen the sample on em' before. Size 13.5. ANY help would be appreciated. Thanks,
Greg
biggamebird@yahoo.com

[DConLA]

In my experience it was very rare to see vintage Jordan’s with promo/sample tagging and I have come across early models of Bird, Magic and even Dr. J with no sample/promo tagging. Now I did start seeing some Jordan’s with promo/sample tags near the late 90’s and when he made his come back with the Wizards. During Jordan’s 2 years with the Wizards I came into contact with several pairs and some had no sample tags and some did, including the two home games (Lakers vs. Wizards) during 2001-02 & 2002-03, both pairs had sample/promo tags.

I am not sure when the shoe company’s started printing sample/promo tags but using Kobe as a model from 96 to the present it became very common and the standard for Kobe’s shoes (Adidas & Nike) to have sample/promo tagging. It is rare to see a pair of gamers from Kobe that doesn’t have promo tags. I would say about 10 pair out of 100 during the season have no promo tags. Out of the 12 man roster on the Lakers only 4 players (Kobe, Odom, Gasol and Fisher) have promo/sample tags in there shoes.



I hope this helps.


Dan Ceniceros dceniceros248@yahoo.com
323.257.4898

[trsent]

I'd really like to hear what the expert has to say. These are Michael Jordan shoes XI from 1995-96. Everything looks good. He even has a picture of Charles Oakley handing him the shoes, but I've never seen the sample on em' before. Size 13.5. ANY help would be appreciated. Thanks,
Greg
biggamebird@yahoo.com

Greg, the size is right for that era. I have had a few pairs of Jordan gamers and they never said "sample" but that doesn't mean anything. I saw Michael Jordan's garage before he moved into his mansion years ago and back then he had around 300-500 shoe boxes in his garage visible from the street. Who knows how many pairs of shoes this guy has worn and owned but no one can tell you if your shoes are good or not but I'm sure there is a 3rd party authenticator that will look at them, research them and write a LOO.

I had a letter on Michael Jordan Foundation stationary from Jackie Banks (his right hand woman back then) stating that Michael Jordan wore size 13 and size 13.5 shoes back in that era.

[33bird]

Thanks guys. No, I haven't bought them. I'm just checking them out. When he sends me a scan of the tagging on Wednesday, I'll post it on here and you guys can check it out.
Greg

[33bird]

Here's the tagging. Bummer! Looks like they can fight off the Foot Locker shelf?
Greg