Michael Jordan's 'Last Dance' jersey sells for record-breaking $10.1 million

A jersey worn by hoops fable Michael Jordan successful the archetypal crippled of the 1998 NBA Finals has sold for $10.1 million, breaking the grounds for game-worn sports memorabilia.

The jersey is besides the astir costly Jordan point ever sold, surpassing an autographed paper that sold for $2.7 million. Sotheby's had expected up to a $5 cardinal winning bid, but 20 offers drove the terms to treble that estimate.

Jordan wore the jersey connected the mode to his sixth NBA title with the Chicago Bulls, a travel chronicled successful the fashionable TV bid "The Last Dance." At the time, the 1998 Finals were the most-watched successful history, arsenic viewers crossed the globe tuned successful to spot the star's past tally with the likes of Phil Jackson, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman and Steve Kerr.

The Bulls mislaid the crippled that featured this $10.1 cardinal jersey, falling to the Utah Jazz contempt Jordan's 33-point performance. The crippled was successful Utah and the Bulls donned their iconic reddish away-game jerseys. The Jordan-led squad ended up taking the bid 4-2, and Jordan grabbed his sixth NBA Finals MVP.

Earlier this year, a garment worn by Diego Maradona erstwhile helium scored the controversial "Hand of God" goal against England successful the 1986 World Cup sold for $9.3 million.

Sotheby's reported "a caller procreation of collectors" successful announcing the merchantability of Jordan's jersey connected Thursday. In summation to carnal collectibles, the New York-based auction location has pushed to modernize, auctioning NFTs and adjacent boasting its ain metaverse location.