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Michael Jordanis still breaking records.
According toESPN, the price surpasses the $9.28 million paid for soccer legend Diego Maradona’s “Hand of God” jersey from the 1986 World Cup earlier this year. The $10.1 million sum for the Jordan jersey was more than double its initial estimate, perCNN.
“The season itself is his ‘magnum opus’ as an athlete, and a testament to him as a champion and competitor,” he added. “Finals jerseys from Jordan are remarkably scant, and the 1997-1998 Finals are arguably the most coveted of them all.”
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“In the weeks since we announced the auction, there’s been palpable excitement from not only sports fans, but collectors alike who are eager to own a rarified piece of history,” Wachter added.
The 1998 NBA Finals saw the Bulls face the Utah Jazz for the second time in a row. As covered in the ESPN documentary,The Last Dance, the Jazz lost to Jordan and the Bulls during the 1997 NBA Finals, but behind Karl Malone, John Stockton and coach Jerry Sloane, they were seen as potential contenders to end Chicago’s championship run.
It would be Jordan’s final shot as a member of the Bulls, and the one that cemented them as champions.
The 1998 Finals ended with the Bulls as champions for the sixth time in less than a decade. Jordan retired from basketball for a second time following the season and made his return to basketball with the Washington Wizards in 2001.
source: people.com
