A worn Michael Jordan jersey from Sport 1 of the Chicago Bulls’ 1998 Finals offered for a report $10.1 million Thursday, in response to Sotheby’s.
Sotheby’s, the distinguished New York Public sale home, offered the eight-figure jersey the corridor of fame legend wore to make it the highest-priced merchandise in sports activities memorabilia historical past.
The record-setting quantity beats out soccer legend Diego Maradona’s “Hand of God” jersey from the 1986 World Cup that offered for $9.28 million on Could 4.
Jordan wore the jersey throughout Sport 1 in opposition to the Utah Jazz on Jun. 3, 1998, the place Jordan went on to win his sixth and closing NBA championship with the Bulls, in response to ESPN.
The “Bounce-man’s” 1998 Finals jersey joins an inventory of sports activities memorabilia to surpass eight figures. On Aug. 28, New York Yankees legendary star Mickey Mantle’s 1952 Topps card offered for $12.6 million — far surpassing Jordan’s “Final Dance” jersey.
In July, Netflix debuted the “Final Dance” — a 10-part documentary that encapsulates Jordan’s historic closing season with the Chicago Bulls.
The jersey now beats out the final record-setting Jordan sports activities memorabilia merchandise, an autographed Higher Deck recreation jersey patch card that offered for $2.7 million in 2021.
The identical card that offered for $2.7 million beforehand beat out a uncommon, signed 1997 Higher Deck Sport Jordan card that went for practically $1.5 million at a Dallas-based public sale home.
“The season itself is his ‘magnum opus’ as an athlete, and a testomony to him as a champion and competitor,” Brahm Wachter, Sotheby’s Head of Streetwear & Trendy Collectibles mentioned.
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