GUEST: I was visiting Las Vegas the summer of '86. The University of Nevada- Las Vegas and University of North Carolina played an alumni basketball game. After the game was over, I was in the casino, and Michael Jordan and the rest of the team came back. I saw them sit down at a table, and I sat down at the table with them. (chuckles)
APPRAISER: What did you guys play, poker?
GUEST: Blackjack.
APPRAISER: Blackjack, okay. How did he play?
GUEST: He played okay. At first we all, we were all winning, and then he upped his bet, and, uh, we all started losing.
APPRAISER: You had your opportunity. You wanted an autograph, so you went ahead and you went for it.
GUEST: I... when he was leaving the table, I asked him, yes.
APPRAISER: Looks like he found a blue ballpoint pen, he did his, his typical, usual Michael Jordan autograph right on this paper coaster. So, '86, he got hurt early in the season. He broke his foot, and he came back the same season.
GUEST: Yes.
APPRAISER: The Bulls, when Jordan returned, finished with a 30-and-52 record and still made the playoffs. If we're giving it a grade, it looks about an eight.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: On a, on a one-to-ten scale. Overall, great piece. At auction, probably fetches somewhere between $2,000 to $3,000.
GUEST: Oh, wow, very good, wow. Thank you.
APPRAISER: (chuckles)
GUEST: Pretty neat.
