Jerry Rice CGC 9.0 1/15/1990 Sports Illustrated Newsstand 2nd Cover
January 15, 1990 Sports Illustrated newsstand issue with a great cover of San Francisco 49ers Hall of Famer Jerry Rice. Graded CGC 9.0, 1 of 2 at this grade, with 1 higher, a 9.8, as of the May 2023 CGC Census.
This is Jerry Rice's 2nd appearance ever on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
CGC graded Sports Illustrated magazines have become more and more desirable and valuable in the last several years. In the comic book hobby, every valuable, desirable comic book sold is graded. And certainly also the case with sports cards.
Vintage Sports Illustrated magazine newsstand issues that never had a subscription label are truly scarce. Although SI does not share distribution information, it is thought that only 2% of weekly production was for newsstand issues. And if a person occasionally bought an issue at the newsstand, they probably threw them out after reading the issue, or a few weeks later. But if a person was a subscriber, they most likely tended to save and collect their issues (that all had labels) - the subscriber was probably more of a pack rat or collector. That could be why there are so many Subscription "label" issues of vintage SIs.
A great high-grade Jerry Rice 2nd cover Sports Illustrated to add to one's Rice, 49ers or CGC collection.15.00 shipping in the USA.