Michael Jordan’s ‘Last Dance’ Chicago Bulls jersey sells for record $10.1m
by Sean Ingle from on (#63P6Q)
- NBA star wore jersey during historic run to sixth title
- Previous record for sports jersey was $9.28m
During his stellar basketball career, Michael Jordan was famous for his gravity-defying dunks and redefining the bounds of what seemed possible. Now a jersey won by the former Chicago Bulls player in the 1998 NBA finals - a period chronicled in the hit Netflix documentary The Last Dance - has also sent jaws dropping by attracting a record price of $10.091m (8.85m) at auction.
The sum, more than double the initial estimates, set a new auction record for a piece of game-worn sports memorabilia, according to Sotheby's. The previous highest was the $9.28m (8.14m) paid for the shirt worn by Diego Maradona during the Hand of God" game against England at the 1986 World Cup.
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