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The 1983-84 Star base set has 275 cards covering 23 teams, plus four variations. Like Star's other base sets, it was sold one team per sealed polybag.
The set at a glance
| Cards | 275 (279 with the 4 variations) |
|---|---|
| Numbering | 1-275, plus 4 variations |
| Teams | 23 |
| Short prints (SP) | #1-60: 76ers, Lakers, Celtics, Bucks and Mavericks |
| Errors and variations | 6 |
Team by team
Cards are numbered in team runs.
| Team | Numbers | Cards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76ers | 1-12 | 12 | SP |
| Lakers | 13-25 | 13 | SP |
| Celtics | 26-37 | 12 | SP |
| Bucks | 38-48 | 11 (13 with variations) | SP |
| Mavericks | 49-60 | 12 | SP |
| Knicks | 61-72 | 12 | |
| Rockets | 73-84 | 12 | |
| Pistons | 85-96 | 12 | |
| Trail Blazers | 97-108 | 12 | |
| Suns | 109-120 | 12 | |
| Clippers | 121-132 | 12 | |
| Jazz | 133-144 | 12 | |
| Nets | 145-156 | 12 | |
| Pacers | 157-168 | 12 | |
| Bulls | 169-180 | 12 | |
| Nuggets | 181-192 | 12 | |
| Supersonics | 193-203 | 11 | |
| Bullets | 204-215 | 12 | |
| Kings | 216-227 | 12 | |
| Cavaliers | 228-240 | 13 | |
| Spurs | 241-251 | 13 | |
| Warriors | 252-262 | 11 | |
| Hawks | 263-275 | 13 |
The key cards
- Hall of Fame rookie cards: #25 James Worthy (Lakers, SP), #73 Ralph Sampson (Rockets), #94 Isiah Thomas (Pistons), #100 Clyde Drexler (Trail Blazers), #263 Dominique Wilkins (Hawks)
- Errors and variations: #44 Marques Johnson shows a Bob Lanier photo; Basketball Gold calls it the only scarce error in all of Star, and a corrected version exists. #247 Mike Mitchell and #248 Mark McNamara each come in two versions, and Basketball Gold says none of the four is fully correct: either the photo does not match the name, or the back does not match the front. #130 Ricky Pierce is spelled "Rickey."
How the set was made
This was Star's first full base set, released for the 1983-84 season. Star sold it one team per sealed polybag, with no wax packs and no gum, to hobby dealers and mail-order buyers through its master distributors. Steve Taft recalls that dealer pricing required buying five of each team. Many team runs open with the team's biggest star (Julius Erving #1, Magic Johnson #13, Larry Bird #26), and the first card faces out through the front of the bag.
Basketball Gold estimates 3,000 to 5,000 sets per team, with the Rockets and Spurs printed higher and the Trail Blazers and Hawks lower. Star had no factory of its own; the cards came from two print shops on the Cherry Hill, NJ / Pennsylvania border.
Why the first 60 cards are short prints
The first five teams, the 76ers, Lakers, Celtics, Bucks and Mavericks (#1-60), came off a troubled first print run. Ink saturation and miscuts ruined many cards, and Star threw the damaged ones away, so far fewer of these team sets reached collectors. Basketball Gold puts the short-printed teams at the low end of its 3,000-5,000 estimate, and some collectors estimate fewer than 1,000 of each of the first 60 cards survived.
What collectors should know
- Condition: print quality is inconsistent and centering problems are common, especially in the first series, which had surface ink problems. #115 Larry Nance is notorious for being off-center straight out of the bag.
- Sealed bags: an original sealed bag proves the cards are original, not that they are mint; you can't see centering or surfaces through it. Resealed bags exist: Basketball Gold names the 1983-84 Mavericks as one of the two most common resealed bags that GAI graded. A GAI bag grade rates the plastic and seals, not the cards.
- Fakes: there are no Type II cards in this set (they are limited to 1985-86 #95-172, the 1986 Jordan set and 1986 Best of the New), and Basketball Gold says there is no evidence any original Star card was reprinted from its plates.
- "XRC": Beckett lists Star rookies as XRC (extended rookie cards) because they were sold in team sets rather than random packs. Basketball Gold calls the key ones True Rookie Cards.
- Grading: BGS has graded Star since December 2008. PSA added this set in March 2023, and CGC began grading 1980s Star in May 2025.
Sources
- Basketball Gold: Main sets, 1983-84 (our primary source)
- Basketball Gold: FAQs (our primary source)
- Basketball Gold: Common Misconceptions
- Basketball Gold: Glossary
- Beckett: "Star Crossed," a Star masterclass with authenticator Steve Taft
- starbasketballcards.com: 1983-84 Star set
- Cardboard Connection: 1983-84 Star
- Sports Collectors Daily: 1983-84 Star Company Basketball Launched Brief New Era
- Wikipedia: Star Company basketball cards
- Trading Card Database: 1983-84 Star checklist (error descriptions)
- Sports Collectors Digest: PSA expands Star grading (March 22, 2023)
- CGC: Now grading 1980s Star basketball cards (May 23, 2025)
Gallery
Uncut sheets
Sealed bags
DGA bag 7, cards 8
DGA bag 9, cards 8
DGA bag 6, cards 5
DGA bag 10, cards 8.5
DGA bag 7, cards 7.5
DGA bag 6, cards 8
DGA bag 7, cards 8
DGA bag 8.5, cards 8.5
DGA bag 9, cards 7.5
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