A Michael Jordan jersey from his 'Last Dance' season has sold for $12.3m (£9.3m), a record for a piece of game-worn Jordan memorabilia. The jersey was worn in game three of the 1998 NBA Finals, Jordan's last season with the Chicago Bulls.
Jordan helped the Bulls win the series 4-2 for his sixth and final NBA Championship, and was named Finals Most Valuable Player in all six games. The previous record for a piece of Jordan memorabilia was $10.1m (£7.6m) for his jersey from game one of the 1998 Finals.
The game three jersey was put up for sale by entrepreneur Rob Gough and sold at Joopiter, Pharrell Williams' digital auction house, which had given it an estimated price of $10-15m (£7.5m-£11.3m). Jordan's 1997 Ferrari 550 Maranello was also sold for $2.7m (£2m), four times the auction record for that model.
"Few objects in the history of sport embody greatness as completely as Michael Jordan's game three jersey from the 1998 NBA Finals," Joopiter said in the auction posting. The record price for a piece of game-worn sports memorabilia is the jersey worn by baseball legend Babe Ruth during the 1932 World Series, which sold for $24.1m (£18.2m) in 2024.
