Michael Jordan’s ‘Last Dance’ NBA Finals jersey sells for record $14m

The basketball memorabilia ranks as the second-largest sale in history ⁠among game-worn sports jerseys. Save Share The jersey Michael Jordan wore during ‌‌Game 2 of the “Last Dance” 1998 NBA Finals has sold for a ⁠⁠record $14m. Hunt Auctions ⁠⁠announced on Monday that the game-worn, autographed Chicago Bulls jersey was bought by Miami real estate investor Ron Firman in a private sale. It is the highest ⁠⁠price ever paid for a piece of basketball memorabilia and, according to the auction house, the newly sold Jordan jersey ranks as the second-largest sale in history ⁠⁠among game-worn sports jerseys. The New York Yankees jerseyworn by Babe Ruthin Game 3 of the 1932 World Series – during which Ruth called his shot before a home run – went for $24.12m in 2024. Jordan and the Bulls defeated the Utah Jazz in ‌‌six games to win the 1998 championship, the sixth and final title of his career in Chicago. Game 2, played on June 5, 1998, in Salt Lake City, saw Chicago even the series 1-1, largely thanks to a dominant performance by its superstar guard. Jordan put up 37 points, five rebounds, and three assists in a 93-88 victory. He would go on to collect his sixth ⁠⁠and final Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, two more than anyone ⁠⁠else in NBA history, nine days later. The wildly popular “Last Dance” documentary, released in 2020, was centred around that 1997-98 Bulls season.