The jersey worn by Michael Jordan in the first game of the 1998 NBA Finals between the Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz, a series in which he would have won his sixth championship ring, it was sold on Thursday for a record $ 10.09 million at Sotheby’s auction house.
The red Bulls jersey, with the number 23 and the name ‘Jordan’, broke the absolute sales record for a sporty rubber bandsurpassing the 9.3 million dollars paid this year for the ‘Hand of God’ of the Argentine Diego Maradona at the 1986 World Cup, paid at 9.3 million, reports Sotheby’s.
It is a piece of immense value for collectors, as it is one of the shirts worn by Jordan in his final season with the Chicago Bullsin which a cycle for history would culminate with the sixth title.
The game was played on June 3, 1998 in Salt Lake City and Jordan played 45 minutes, scoring 33 key points to send the game to extra time. The Jazz ended up winning that match 88-85, before the Bulls mobilized to be crowned champions by closing the series 4-2.
Michael Jordan would win his sixth title as well his sixth MVP title of the finals of that series.
The $ 10,091 million paid this Thursday exceeded the $ 9.28 million paid last May “Hand of God” T-shirt by Maradona and make Jordan’s shirt the most expensive ever.
The sale also exceeds the nearly $ 3.7 million paid last year for a Los Angeles Lakers jersey worn by Kobe Bryant in his first year in the NBA.
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