Michael Jordan ‘Last Dance’ jersey from 1998 NBA Finals sells for record breaking $10.1 million
A worn Michael Jordan jersey from Recreation 1 of the Chicago Bulls’ 1998 Finals bought for a file $10.1 million Thursday, according to Sotheby’s.
Sotheby’s, the outstanding New York Public sale home, bought 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 bought for $9.28 million on Could 4.
Jordan wore the jersey throughout Recreation 1 in opposition to the Utah Jazz on Jun. 3, 1998, the place Jordan went on to win his sixth and ultimate NBA championship with the Bulls, according to ESPN.
The “Soar-man’s” 1998 Finals jersey joins a listing of sports activities memorabilia to surpass eight figures. On Aug. 28, New York Yankees legendary star Mickey Mantle’s 1952 Topps card bought 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 ultimate season with the Chicago Bulls.
The jersey now beats out the final record-setting Jordan sports activities memorabilia merchandise, an autographed Higher Deck sport jersey patch card that bought for $2.7 million in 2021.
The identical card that bought for $2.7 million beforehand beat out a uncommon, signed 1997 Higher Deck Recreation 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 & Fashionable Collectibles stated.
