A shirt worn by superstar del basket Nba LeBron James it sold for $3.7 million at auction, five times the previous record for one of his tank tops.
The sharp increase could be because the 38-year-old Los Angeles Lakers icon is closing in on an all-time NBA record: James needs just 178 points to eclipse Lakers legend Kareem Abdul’s record of 38,387 points. Jabbar.
Sotheby’s in New York has sold the jersey James wore while playing for the Miami Heat in their 2013 NBA Finals Game 7 win against the San Antonio Spurs. He shattered the previous record of $630,000 for an All-Star tank worn by him in 2020.
Sports memorabilia is big business. Michael Jordan’s 1998 NBA Finals jerseysold for $10.1 million in September 2022, is currently the most valuable item.
The “Hand of God” jersey by Diego Armando Maradona it sold for $9.3 million at Sotheby’s in London last year.
