PSA Filmed the Grading of Two Jordan Ultimate Collection Logoman 1/1s — Later Editions of the $2.928 Million 2003-04 Card
PSA posted "Behind The Scenes: Grading Two of Michael Jordan's Most Valuable Cards" to its own YouTube channel, PSA Official, on September 29. It is a grading company filming its own grading room, and the two cards on the table are Logomans, the format behind the most expensive basketball card on record.
The video's description sets it up: "At the 2026 National, collector Grant Slayton brought two extraordinary Michael Jordan 1-of-1 cards to PSA for grading." PSA identifies them as "a 2005 Ultimate Collection Logoman Patch Auto 1-of-1 and the 2006 version as well." Each carries Jordan's autograph and a game-used NBA Logoman patch.
What a Logoman Is
A Logoman card holds the NBA logo patch cut from a game-used jersey, and as Bleacher Report put it, they "are usually limited to just one copy." Sotheby's traces the format to Upper Deck's 2002-03 Logo Mania set, whose checklist was Jordan in his final NBA season, Kobe Bryant and Jay Williams. The next year, 2003-04 Ultimate Collection carried Logoman autographs of Jordan, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Bryant. Sotheby's adds that game-worn Logoman cards "rarely exceed ten prints and are very often serialized to five or less." Slayton's two are singles.
That 2003-04 Jordan has a public price. In June 2024 it sold through Goldin for $2.928 million. Bleacher Report, citing ESPN's Dan Hajducky, reported that it was the first Jordan Logoman to feature a Chicago Bulls jersey. PSA graded it Authentic, with a 10 for the autograph.
That price stood as the record for any Jordan card at public auction for 14 months. It fell in August 2025, when a 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite dual Logoman autograph of Jordan and Kobe Bryant sold through Heritage for $12.932 million, a sale this blog has cited in CASE #0274 and CASE #0341. Slayton's two cards are later editions of the Ultimate Collection Logoman autograph whose 2003-04 Jordan held that record before it.
Two Months From the Booth to the Upload
The grading itself was not news on September 29. Men's Journal reported on July 31 that the cards "made a surprise appearance this week" at the National, where they were "authenticated and graded live" at PSA's booth. According to PSA, the magazine wrote, the cards had not been publicly seen for more than 20 years. Slayton's reason for bringing them to PSA, as the magazine quoted it: the cards were "too high end of a product to not have the best grading behind them."
The video is the produced version, two months later. PSA's chapter list runs Intro, The Legacy of the Cards, Delivering the Cards to PSA, The Grading Process and Grade Reveal. The grades are revealed in the final chapter.
The thumbnail is a close crop of one of the two cards. Its header reads "AUTOGRAPHED NBA LOGO PATCH" beside the logo patch, and on the right Jordan, ball raised overhead, wears a white Bulls No. 23, with a blue-ink signature across the bottom.
The Channel's Register
PSA Official is PSA's own channel, and its feed shows what it is for. Its 15 most recent uploads, from August 11 to September 29, are mostly feature stories about collectors and what they own. Three are about ONE PIECE. Two involve Pokémon. Others cover a baseball with "a Hidden Jackie Robinson Autograph," "Shohei Ohtani's Blood," and a Justin Steele SpongeBob Superfractor. This is the second Jordan one-of-one story in a week: on September 23 the channel posted "He Only Collects 1-of-1 Michael Jordan Cards," about a one-of-one card "produced as a playable CD."
Analysis: A grader filming its own grading of a famous card is marketing. That does not make it uninteresting. The cards are real, the owner is named, and the grading was done live at the National before PSA produced the story. Watch it as what it is: PSA showing collectors the process it wants them to trust with their most expensive cards.
Verdict: PSA turned a live grading from the National into a produced feature on two Ultimate Collection Jordan Logoman one-of-ones, cards from the same line as the 2003-04 Jordan that sold for $2.928 million. The history and the owner are on the record. Watch it through to the grade reveal.
Channel: PSA Official
