March 28, 2025
The jersey was worn in a 1984 preseason recreation in Jordan’s first 12 months within the NBA.
A basketball jersey worn by Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan in his rookie season offered for over $4 million.
NBA.com reported that in an public sale that ended March 26 at Sotheby’s, a highway Chicago Bulls jersey that was worn in a 1984 preseason recreation, offered for $4.215 million. The jersey was additionally signed by the basketball legend. The title of the vendor was not revealed.
BREAKING: Michael Jordan’s professional debut jersey sells for $4.21 million at @Sothebys.
It offered in 1985 for simply $800. https://t.co/wqoi3i2heK
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) March 26, 2025
The public sale home billed the merchandise as the one game-worn photo-matched Jordan rookie jersey to be seen publicly at an public sale. One other public sale home, MeiGray, revealed that it might be the very first jersey that Jordan wore in his first season within the league. MeiGray acknowledged that its findings, labored on with forensic evaluation agency Confirmed Information, have been primarily based on video footage from Jordan’s first recreation within the NBA. That passed off Oct. 5, 1984, in Peoria, Illinois.
By its analysis, MeiGray photo-matched the jersey to Jordan’s fourth NBA recreation, which occurred Oct. 13, 1984. Sports activities Traders Authenticated photo-matched the jersey to a recreation that passed off Oct. 7, 1984, his second NBA recreation.
Within the public sale itemizing, Sotheby’s acknowledged its authenticity when it mentioned it appeared that a number of different gamers had beforehand worn the jersey earlier than it was given to Jordan. Darkish stains seem beneath the title “Jordan” and beneath the quantity 23 on the uniform it seems that a number of gamers’ names and numbers had been there earlier than.
Jordan didn’t put on the jersey for much longer as he switched jerseys when the common season began that 12 months, and he wore the opposite jersey for the remainder of the 1984-85 season.
ESPN reported that it wasn’t essentially the most paid for a Jordan jersey, but it surely was the fifth-most-expensive NBA jersey purchased at an public sale.
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