A uniform Michael Jordan wore for 17 video games with the Chicago Bulls in the course of the 1992-93 NBA season has offered for $2.623 million, together with purchaser’s premium, at Heritage Auctions.
Jordan was proven within the jersey on the duvet of the Oct. 18, 1993, concern of Sports activities Illustrated.
Picture-matching providers MeiGray and Sports activities Buyers Authentication observe that that is the one Jordan uniform of which they’re conscious of to be matched to any season of the primary Bulls three-peat. Whereas there wasn’t a definitive photo-match to all of the video games, SIA’s letter of authenticity notes that “we imagine this jersey was very probably worn each street recreation from November 6, 1992 to March 24, 1993 [32 road games total].”
The jersey and shorts had been photo-matched to 11 video games from November to March whereas both solely the jersey or shorts had been in a position to be photo-matched to the opposite six video games.
The 1992-93 season was notable for each Jordan and the Bulls. Jordan led the NBA in scoring for the seventh straight 12 months (tying Wilt Chamberlain for many consecutive such seasons all-time) and led the Bulls to their first three-peat. Within the NBA Finals — albeit in a special uniform — he would common a still-record 41 factors per recreation over the six-game sequence.
The most costly Michael Jordan sports activities collectible of all-time remains to be the 1998 NBA Finals “Final Dance” jersey, which offered for $10.091 million in September 2022, then a document for essentially the most ever paid for any merchandise of sports activities memorabilia.
