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Bernard King Card Profile
BCI Collector Score
7.5/10
Prime Hold
Overall scoring rubric
Every player uses the same six weighted pillars. The career-evidence adjustment scales only the score above a neutral 5.0, so an unfinished résumé cannot receive the same confidence as a closed career.
- Weighted pillar score
- 7.5
- Closed career
- 100% confidence
- Career-evidence adjustment
- 0.0
- Final BCI score
- 7.5
View all 6 pillar inputs plus Career rule
Pillar inputs
- Stature (25%)
- 8.0
- Cards (20%)
- 6.8
- Demand (20%)
- 6.7
- Durability (15%)
- 8.7
- Liquidity (10%)
- 6.1
- Price (10%)
- 8.4
Career rule
- Career-evidence adjustment
- 0.0
1978 Topps rookie with New York demand and a thin premium market
King's peak scoring and Madison Square Garden identity give him an enduring collector story. The 1978 Topps rookie is the clear anchor, while premium prices on later cards need exceptional scarcity or eye appeal.
- Entry Lane
- 1986-87 Fleer Bernard King
- Core Lane
- 1978-79 Topps Bernard King rookie
- Premium Lane
- 1978-79 Topps Bernard King rookie
Collector buy plan
What to buy—and why
Bernard King's plan names one primary card for each collector role and price band.
Entry Lane$500 and below1986-87 Fleer Bernard King
1986-87 Fleer Bernard King
Reference image—shown card: 1978 Topps Basketball Bernard King ROOKIE #75 PSA 10 GEM MINT
Begin the Bernard King ladder with 1986-87 Fleer Bernard King in PSA 9, a sensible bridge into the 1978 Topps rookie with New York demand and a thin premium market. The entry works when the copy is attractive, easy to explain, and priced for the market that actually exists.
Buying caution
Later Knicks cards carrying an unsupported New York premium.
Core Lane$500 to $2,5001978-79 Topps Bernard King rookie
1978-79 Topps Bernard King rookie
Reference image—shown card: 1978 Topps Basketball Bernard King ROOKIE #75 PSA 10 GEM MINT
For Bernard King, 1978-79 Topps Bernard King rookie in PSA 7-8 is the card to understand first. The Knicks scoring icon profile rewards registration, centering, and repeatable collector recognition.
Buying caution
Low-pop modern autos with no meaningful product history.
Premium Lane$2,500 to $10,0001978-79 Topps Bernard King rookie
1978-79 Topps Bernard King rookie
Reference image—shown card: 1978 Topps Basketball Bernard King ROOKIE #75 PSA 10 GEM MINT
Bernard King's premium lane points to 1978-79 Topps Bernard King rookie in PSA 9. It should strengthen that player-market identity through real card quality rather than a louder label or thinner listing count.
Buying caution
Low-pop modern autos with no meaningful product history.
Grail Lane$10,000 to $50,0001978-79 Topps Bernard King rookie
1978-79 Topps Bernard King rookie
Reference image—shown card: 1978 Topps Basketball Bernard King ROOKIE #75 PSA 10 GEM MINT
1978-79 Topps Bernard King rookie in PSA 10 can justify grail status for Bernard King when the copy makes its rarity immediately legible. Demand documented condition, patient negotiation, and enough market context to defend the acquisition later.
Buying caution
Low-pop modern autos with no meaningful product history.
Trophy Lane$50,000+1978-79 Topps Bernard King rookie
1978-79 Topps Bernard King rookie
Reference image—shown card: 1978 Topps Basketball Bernard King ROOKIE #75 PSA 10 GEM MINT
For Bernard King, 1978-79 Topps Bernard King rookie finest-centered PSA 10 defines the serious-collection ceiling. Do not move sideways into a substitute unless it has equally strong historical relevance, provenance, and visual authority.
Buying caution
King's peak is memorable enough to sell the story, but only the rookie reliably carries that story in card form.
Collector traps to avoid
- Later Knicks cards carrying an unsupported New York premium.
- Low-pop modern autos with no meaningful product history.
King's peak is memorable enough to sell the story, but only the rookie reliably carries that story in card form.