In the battle for auctions of collectible sporting goods, basketball legend Michael Jordan continues to smash all records on Thursday. After the sale for 10.1 million dollars of a jersey worn by the star during his last victorious NBA title, in 1998, is on sale the pair of shoes worn by Michael Jordan during the same final phase, reports Euronews April 7.
Thus, the auction house Sotheby’s offers the pair of sneakers worn by the famous number 23 during the second game of the NBA finals in 1998 which opposed the Chicago Bulls to the Utah Jazz, with a victory for the men in red. According to experts, the pair could leave for a price between 2 and 4 million dollars. If this pair of shoes is so special, it is because it corresponds to the era of the “last dance” (“The Last Dance“), Michael Jordan’s final season with the Bulls, immortalized by a Netflix documentary of the same name released in 2020.
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The athlete of all records
The NBA star is also the athlete of auction records. In September 2022, an NBA legend’s jersey sold for $10.1 million at an auction still hosted by Sotheby’s. An absolute record for a sports article. In October 2021, the same auction house sold for $1,472,000 a pair of sneakers, the Nike Air Ships, worn by Jordan in 1984-1985, setting an auction record for shoes worn in games.
Six-time NBA champion with the Chicago Bulls, inspiration for Nike’s Air Jordan line of sneakers, owner of the Charlotte Hornets, this New York native is considered one of the greatest sportsmen of all time and today as the one of the most prominent personalities in the sports industry.
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