After Michael Jordan sank the final free throw of Game 2 of the 1998 NBA Finals, he removed his red-and-black Air Jordan 13s in the locker room and signed them. Now, those shoes are being auctioned with Sotheby’s, which expects them to go for $4 million.
There have, at times, been mishaps. After a San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana’s “first touchdown ball” was put up for auction in August, the player who caught the pass claimed the ball was not authentic — that he, in fact, was in possession of the real ball,But no such disputes have come up with the Jordan shoes soon up for auction, and Sotheby’s says the shoes’ provenance was verified by the MeiGray Group, an authenticator for NBA memorabilia.
The 1997-1998 season was Jordan’s last with the Bulls, and the team’s path to its sixth NBA Finals victory in eight years was chronicled in “The Last Dance.” During the sixth and final game of that series, Jordan hit the game-winning jumper with seconds left on the clock. He was wearing a pair of Air Jordan 14s.“I would say those would definitely be worth more because that’s the iconic shot
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