“In the weeks since we announced the auction, there has been a palpable enthusiasm not only by the sports fansbut also of the collectorswho are eager to own a rare piece of history“, said Brahm WachterHead of Street Wear and Modern Collectibles at Sotheby’s.
Records broken by this auction
To begin with, the sale for more than 100 million dollars of the jersey used by Jordan, eclipsed $3.7 million of one los angeles lakers jersey of Kobe Bryant. This garment, until now, had the record for a basketball jersey at auction.
The record for any Michael Jordan item has also been broken, after a autographed card from 1997-1998 would be sold for $2.7 million.
But the maximum record that had been established so far had been given earlier this year at Sotheby’s. It was with the auction of Diego Maradona’s shirt. More precisely, it was the one used by the Argentine star in the match, against England, for the quarterfinals of the 1986 World Cupwhich reached a staggering number of $9.3 million.
Source: Ambito
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