Sotheby’s, the prominent New York Auction house, sold the eight-figure jersey the hall of fame legend wore to make it the highest-priced item in sports memorabilia history.
— far surpassing Jordan’s “Last Dance” jersey.
Michael Jordan looks on during the game against the Utah Jazz in Game One of the NBA Finals during the 1998 NBA Playoffs on June 3, 1998 in Salt Lake City, Utah.In July, Netflix debuted the “Last Dance” — a 10-part documentary that encapsulates Jordan’s historic final season with the Chicago Bulls. The jersey now beats out the last record-setting Jordan sports memorabilia item, an autographed Upper Deck game jersey patch card that sold for $2.7 million in 2021.
The “Jump-man’s” 1998 Finals jersey joins Mickey Mantle’s 1952 Topps card as sports memorabilia items to surpass eight figures.The same card that sold for $2.7 million previously beat out a rare, signed 1997 Upper Deck Game Jordan card that“The season itself is his ‘magnum opus’ as an athlete, and a testament to him as a champion and competitor,” Brahm Wachter, Sotheby’s Head of Streetwear & Modern Collectibles said.
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