Six individual basketball shoes belonging to NBA legend Michael Jordan were auctioned on Friday for eight million dollars (about 7.4 million euros). The buyer remained anonymous.
New York auction house Sotheby’s said this set a global auction record for sports shoes worn during matches. Such a price will “probably never be reached again.”
Michael Jordan had the six shoes: individual shoes, not pairs! – given to communications manager Tim Hallam by his Chicago Bulls team after key games in the championship years between 1991 and 1993 and between 1996 and 1998. These are shoes from the Air Jordan VI, VII, VIII, XI, XII and XIV models.
Last April, a pair of Jordan basketball shoes sold at auction for $2.2 million. Sotheby’s said at the time that they were “the most expensive sneakers ever sold.” The sports star wore the black and red ‘Bred’ Air Jordan XIII during the 1998 NBA Finals series, where he won his sixth and final championship with the Chicago Bulls.
Sports souvenirs fetch top prices
Demand from collectors has driven prices for sports memorabilia to sky-high levels. In September 2022, a Chicago Bulls jersey with the famous number 23, also worn by Jordan in the 1998 NBA Finals series, set an auction record for a sports jersey of $10.1 million.
It replaced the previous record of $8.6 million, which was set in May 2022 by a jersey belonging to Argentine football star Diego Maradona.
Source: Krone
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