He wore it during his last season with the Chicago Bulls. A jersey of NBA legend Michael Jordan will go up for auction for $3 million to $5 million, Sotheby’s announced Wednesday. The sale will take place in New York from September 6 to 14.
Previously, the famous red jersey flanked by the number 23 of the Chicago Bulls worn by Jordan during the 1997-1998 season will be presented to the public in Monterey, California, from August 17 to 20, then in New York during the auction, according to a press release. from Sotheby’s.
The “Last Dance” Season
“The 1997-98 season is perhaps one of Jordan’s fan favorites because Michael was at the top of his game knowing it was his last chance with the Chicago Bulls for the NBA championship,” commented the boss of modern objects and collectibles at Sotheby’s, Brahm Wachter.
What basketball pundits and the writers of an ESPN/Netflix documentary called the “last dance” season (The Last Dance) in 1997-98 marked Michael Jordan’s second retirement from the sport. The basketball player played for the Bulls from 1984-85 to 1997-98 – with a one-season hiatus in 1993-94 – before joining the Washington Wizards from 2001 to 2003.
A pair of sneakers at almost 1.5 million dollars
Estimated at between $3 million and $5 million, the Chicago Bulls fullback’s jersey has already fetched the highest auction for a Jordan jersey and for any player collectible, according to Sotheby’s. In October 2021 in Las Vegas, the New York house sold a pair of sneakers, the Nike Air Ships, for $ 1,472,000, worn by Jordan at the start of his career in 1984-1985, setting an auction record for shoes worn in matches. An astronomical price, smashing the record of Nike Air Jordans sold for 615,000 dollars in August 2020 during auctions organized by the competing company Christie’s.
Six-time NBA champion with the Chicago Bulls, inspiration for Nike’s Air Jordan line of sneakers, owner of the Charlotte Hornets, the New York native is considered one of the greatest sportsmen of all time and today as one of the most prominent personalities in the sports industry.
