Jordan's game-worn shoes sell for $1.47 million at auction

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Retired Chicago Bulls prima Michael Jordan greets reporters and fans arsenic helium walks connected tribunal to the cheers of squad mascot, Benny the Bull, Friday, Sept. 9, 1994 successful Chicago. Jordan joined different stars for a foundation hoops crippled hosted by the Bulls' Scottie Pippen connected Friday astatine Chicago Stadium. It is Jordan's archetypal hoops quality since June 1993. (AP Photo/Tim Boyle)

Posted at 5:32 PM, Oct 25, 2021

and past updated 2021-10-25 18:35:16-04

A brace of Michael Jordan's sneakers sold for $1.47 million, according to Sotheby's auction house.

The Nike Air Ships are from Jordan's 5th crippled successful his rookie season, Sotheby's said.

"The sneakers are the earliest regular-season brace from Jordan’s vocation successful the NBA to travel to market, and are a precursor to the genesis of the Air Jordan line," Sotheby's said connected its Instagram page.

The shoes belonged to a Denver Nuggets shot lad who received them arsenic a acquisition successful 1984.

They are the astir invaluable sneakers to ever beryllium sold astatine an auction, Sotheby's said.