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A jersey worn by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander during the 2025 NBA Finals sold at auction for $165,100. Sotheby’s auctioned off several pieces of memorabilia from the Finals, including game-worn jerseys and official equipment.

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Some of the top-selling items so far include: Chet Holmgren’s Game 2 jersey: $40,640, Jalen Williams’ Game 2 jersey: $38,100, Game 1 basketball: $12,700 IMGhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DMX58UpxQQH/

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An up-and-coming auction house has apparently procured some historic athletic footwear, including a pair of Adidas sneakers worn by a rookie Kobe Bryant during his first-ever NBA postseason.

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The Kobe sneakers in question are the 1997 Adidas EQT Elevation, the first shoe from the brand worn by Bryant in the NBA, which was renamed the Crazy 97 for its reissues. The late Los Angeles Lakers icon memorably wore them in the 1997 slam dunk contest and continued to lace the pair up in the playoffs, which is where the pair that’s up for grabs originated from. According to Infinite Auctions, the shoe has been photo matched as the same pair worn by Bryant during Game 4 of the 1997 Western Conference first round, where the Lakers defeated the Portland Trail Blazers.

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One family of four paid $13.50 apiece for tickets to Michael Jordan’s NBA debut Oct. 26, 1984. More than 40 years later, two of those tickets are hitting the auction block, fresh to the hobby and estimated to fetch more than $100,000 collectively later this summer. Though Jordan would not exactly light up the stat sheet, shooting 5-for-16 from the field with 16 points and seven assists, it marked a seminal moment in basketball history and the beginning of the most storied and transcendent career in the sport.

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A uniform Michael Jordan wore for 17 games with the Chicago Bulls during the 1992-93 NBA season was sold for $2.623 million, including buyer's premium, at Heritage Auctions. Jordan was shown in the jersey on the cover of the Oct. 18, 1993, issue of Sports Illustrated. Photo-matching services MeiGray and Sports Investors Authentication noted that this is the only Jordan uniform of which they're aware of to be matched to any season of the first Bulls three-peat.

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The most expensive Michael Jordan sports collectible is still the 1998 NBA Finals "Last Dance" jersey, which sold for $10.091 million in September 2022, then a record for the most paid for any item of sports memorabilia.

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“The Personal Collection of Bill Walton,” which launched yesterday and will be open for online bidding through June 11, has much of what any Walton fan would expect. There are jerseys from his UCLA and Trail Blazers years, his 1986 Boston Celtics championship ring, his 1970 passport, commemorative championship watches, and other items.

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But the auction’s catalog also features 16 pages devoted to souvenirs from his years in Deadland. Among the goodies are limited-edition prints of the Europe ’72 front and back album covers signed by artist Stanley Mouse ($500 to $1,000); 13 tour books dating back to 1986 (listing itineraries, hotels where the band members were staying, and other workaday information, $250 to $500 total); the “Uncle Sam skeleton” artwork used in The Grateful Dead Movie ($500 to $1,000); and a drum cymbal autographed by the band’s Eighties lineup, including Brent Mydland ($5,000 to $7,500). (Jerry Garcia’s sense of humor is seen in his inscription: “Hey Bill! Beat this.”)

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Turns out that anything that looks close to Michael Jordan can be worth a fortune. Jordan's memorabilia have a track record of getting sold for thousands or even millions in auctions over the years. Now, you can add a ‘flamin hot' Cheeto that resembles his Jumpman logo to that list. .... Only 32 people bid on the item, and it was sold at a final price of $8,113 including buyer’s premium. While Jordan's Cheeto failed to sell anywhere close to the Charizard and Harambe shaped Cheeto, Goldin hasn't shut the door on capturing people's attention through Jordan shaped Cheetos.

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A 2003 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Exquisite Rookie Patch Autograph LeBron James card sold for $1.159 million, including buyer's premium, at Goldin Auctions on Saturday night. It's the second James RPA from this set to eclipse the $1 million plateau with Goldin Auctions in five weeks. In the same auction, Caitlin Clark's 2024 Panini Prizm WNBA Signatures Gold Vinyl Prizm card -- numbered 1-of-1, receiving a perfect 10 grade with a 10 autograph grade from grader Professional Sports Authenticator -- sold for $366,000, including buyer's premium.

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The 2003 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection -- one of the most lucrative NBA sets of all time, featuring RPAs of Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade and James -- features base Exquisite Rookie Patch autographs numbered to 99, parallels numbered to the rookie's jersey number and a rainbow parallel numbered 1-of-1. The $1.159 million James card is numbered to 99 while the James RPA sold five weeks ago -- for $1.22 million -- is numbered to 23. According to population reports, there's no James Exquisite Rookie Patch Autograph in the base, parallel or rainbow versions with a higher grade than the 9.5 grade the $1.159 million James RPA received from Beckett Grading Services.

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A piece of basketball history sold for a lofty price on Tuesday. A Miami Heat jersey worn by LeBron James in Game 2 of the 2013 NBA Finals sold for $1,016,000 on Sotheby's auction house. The jersey was sold at the sixth-highest price of all time, per Sotheby's. The white No. 6 jersey is special for several reasons. Obviously, James wore it against the San Antonio Spurs on the way to a second consecutive championship, but he was also wearing it for one of the most iconic blocks in NBA history.

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Though the jersey sold at an expensive price point, it's still not the most expensive James jersey ever sold. In fact, it's not the most expensive jersey that James wore during that series. In 2023, a James game-worn jersey from Game 7 of the 2013 NBA Finals sold for $3.68 million. Once James retires, some of his other game-worn jerseys will likely sell for even more than that.

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