Jordan 'Last Dance' jersey sells for record £10.6m — SkimNews
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- Michael Jordan's game-worn, autographed jersey from Game 2 of the 1998 NBA Finals sold for $14 million (£10.6m) in a private sale, setting the all-time record for basketball memorabilia.
- Jordan scored a game-high 37 points in that June 1998 contest, en route to Chicago's 4-2 series win over Utah for his sixth and final championship; he was named Finals MVP in all six of his title runs.
- The purchase is second only to Babe Ruth's 1932 World Series 'called shot' jersey, which sold for $24.1m (£18.2m) in 2024, as the highest price ever for any piece of sports memorabilia.
- The previous basketball record was a 2007-08 Jordan–Kobe Bryant card that fetched $12.9m (£9.8m) just last year, while Jordan's own game-worn record stood at $12.3m (£9.3m) for the Game 3 jersey sold two weeks ago.
- Ron Firman, a Miami real estate investor, bought the jersey through Hunt Auctions; company president David Hunt said Jordan memorabilia has 'escalated to an elite asset class more typically reserved for iconic works of art.'
Why it matters: Three Jordan memorabilia records have fallen in the space of two weeks, with Firman and Hunt framing the jersey as fine-art-grade collateral rather than sports collectible — a signal that investor-grade money is now treating game-worn Jordan pieces as alternative assets alongside trophy rarities like Ruth's $24.1m jersey.
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