A set of Michael Jordan jerseys and other collectibles sold for $8.5 million at a New York auction Monday, Report informs via Chicago Sun Times.
Bidding began last month, according to Sotheby’s.
Jordan’s Bulls jersey from the 1996-97 season fetched the highest price, selling for $4.7 million. Sotheby’s estimated that it would sell for between $4 million and $6 million.
The jersey — which he wore for a total of 20 games, including when he scored 45 points in as many minutes against the Seattle Supersonics in February 1997 — was one of two red jerseys he wore that season, and one of 25 total jerseys, many of which he wore for just one game.
The American flag Jordan draped over his shoulders during the 1992 Olympics gold medal ceremony to hide his jersey’s Reebok logo saw 45 total bids; it sold for $1.8 million, Sotheby’s said. It’s signed by Jordan, as well as Dream Team members Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Clyde Drexler, Patrick Ewing, Magic Johnson, Christian Laettner, Karl Malone, Chris Mullin, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson and John Stockton.
Jordan’s 1988-1989 season home jersey — which the auction house called a “unicorn” given that owners of his ‘80s jerseys rarely part with them and he wore fewer jerseys in his early years — sold for nearly $1.1 million, shy of its expected $2 million price, Sotheby’s said.
A signed 1998 playoff jersey from his “The Last Dance” season that was confirmed to have been used when he played against the New Jersey Nets in the first round of the Eastern Conference series, sold for $840,000.
The highest auction price for any single piece of Jordan memorabilia was $10.1 million for his jersey from the first game of the 1998 NBA Finals, according to Sotheby’s, which handled the sale in 2022.