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Agence France-Presse

A pair of trainers worn by NBA superstar Michael Jordan sold for US$2.2 million on Tuesday, setting a record price at auction for game-worn sports footwear, Sotheby’s announced.
The basketball great wore the “Bred” Air Jordan 13s during Game 2 of the 1998 NBA Finals on the way to his sixth and last NBA championship title.
The online sale cements Jordan’s position as the most valuable athlete at auctions for sportswear memorabilia.
It broke his own record of US$1.5 million for trainers, set in September 2021.
Last year, one of his jerseys sold for US$10.1 million, the most ever paid at auction for any game-worn collectibles.
“Today’s record-breaking result further proves that the demand for Michael Jordan sports memorabilia continues to outperform and transcend all expectations,” Brahm Wachter, Sotheby’s head of streetwear and modern collectibles, said in a statement.

Jordan wore the trainers for the second half of the Chicago Bulls’ 93-88 victory over Utah Jazz on June 5, 1998.
Jordan scored a game-high 37 points as his Bulls side tied the series 1-1.
The Finals featured in the hit 2020 ESPN/Netflix documentary “The Last Dance”, about Jordan’s final season with the Chicago side.
Wachter said nostalgia for a different era was driving the popularity of Jordan memorabilia.
“We have clients in all different areas, from real estate, to finance to private equity. There are many people that are interested in this emerging market,” he said.

The price came in just above Sotheby’s low presale estimate of US$2 million but well below the predicted high of US$4 million.
The auction house said Jordan had autographed the shoes and given them to a ballboy after the game.
Sotheby’s did not specify whether that recipient was the seller. Nor did it identify the buyer of the size 13 shoe.
The trainers are known as “Bred” for their black and red colour, a style Jordan wore throughout most of his trophy-laden career.

Jordan, now 60, spent the bulk of his playing career with the Bulls, with whom he won all six of his titles, but came out of retirement in 2001 to play two seasons with the Washington Wizards.
The retired star currently owns the Charlotte Hornets, located in his childhood home of North Carolina, and reportedly still earns millions in royalties each year from sales of Nike’s Air Jordan brand of trainers.
Tuesday’s sale coincided with the release this month of the film “Air”, about Nike’s pursuit of Jordan.
The US$10.1 million sale of Jordan’s jersey from Game 1 of the 1998 NBA Finals in September 2022 beat a record held by Diego Maradona’s “Hand of God” Argentina jersey.


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Basketball great wore the ‘Bred’ Air Jordan 13s during Game 2 of 1998 NBA Finals on way to sixth and last championship title
Last year, one of his jerseys sold for US$10.1 million, the most ever paid at auction for any game-worn collectibles


The basketball great wore the ‘Bred’ Air Jordan 13s during Game 2 of 1998 NBA Finals on way to sixth and last championship title.


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