It belonged to superstar Michael Jordan
Irr Price: a trigger for almost four million euros auctioned
28.03.2025 – 5:36 p.m.Reading time: 1 min.
Michael Jordan is probably the best -known basketball player in history. A jersey from him has now been auctioned – for a considerable amount of millions.
A piece of sports history came under the hammer – and has achieved an incredible price. The first jersey that Michael Jordan is said to have worn in the NBA caused a stir at an auction of Sotheby’s.
A private collector paid $ 4.215 million (the equivalent of 3.91 million euros) for the signed Jersey of the Chicago Bulls. According to ESPN, the garment is one of the five most expensive jerseys that have ever been auctioned out of the NBA.
Jordan is said to have worn the jersey for the first time on October 5, 1984, at a Bulls preparation game in the US state of Illinois. Sotheby’s experts confirmed the authenticity of red jerseys. According to the auction house, it is the only Jordan jersey so far that has been verified with this method and then auctioned.
The jersey was originally only an heirloom. According to Sotheby’s, it had several previous owners, which is why it was only possible to comprehensive a authentication of the shirt. Exciting: Under the name and number of Jorden there are dark spots – apparently references to previous players whose names and numbers are said to have stood there before.