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Dan Hajducky
A uniform Michael Jordan wore for 17 video games with the Chicago Bulls through the 1992-93 NBA season was 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, challenge of Sports activities Illustrated.
Photograph-matching companies MeiGray and Sports activities Buyers Authentication famous 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 seemingly worn each street recreation from November 6, 1992 to March 24, 1993 [32 road games total].”
The jersey and shorts have been photo-matched to 11 video games from November to March whereas both solely the jersey or shorts have 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 yr (tying Wilt Chamberlain for many consecutive seasons to guide the league) and led the Bulls to their first three-peat. Within the NBA Finals — albeit in a unique uniform — he averaged an NBA-record 41 factors over six video games.
The costliest Michael Jordan sports activities collectible remains to be the 1998 NBA Finals “Final Dance” jersey, which offered for $10.091 million in September 2022, then a file for essentially the most paid for any merchandise of sports activities memorabilia.