[Sports Road News]A pair of basketball shoes worn by Michael Jordan in the rookie season of 1984, “Boshen” Michael Jordan, played in Las Vegas on Sunday (24th). The auction hosted by Sotheby’s was won by the famous high-end card collector Nick Fiorella for US$1.472 million (approximately HK$11.44 million), breaking the previous record and becoming the highest auction price in history. sneakers.
The MJ sneakers auctioned on Sunday were Nike Air Ships. According to reports, this pair of sneakers were worn by Michael Jordan in the fifth game of his career. MJ contributed 17 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists to the gold nuggets in this game. . However, there are related photos showing that the pair of sneakers may have been worn in earlier events.
Nike Air Ships was designed by the iconic shoe icon Bruce Kilgore. He had previously designed the Nike Air Force 1 in 1982 and was also the designer of the Air Jordan II in the days to come. It is reported that after Nike signed a contract with Michael Jordan in 1984, his exclusive first pair of Air Jordan I was not yet ready, so Nike first provided MJ with Nike Air Ships for him to wear during the game.
From the photos provided by Sotheby’s, it can be seen that the pair of Nike Air Ships auctioned on Sunday was autographed by Michael Jordan. This pair of shoes was gifted by MJ to TJ Lewis, a gold nugget caddy, and kept by him until now. It is the seller of this auction.
The previous auction record of sneakers worn in the game is also a pair of sneakers belonging to Michael Jordan. In a pre-season game held in Italy in 1985, MJ smashed his rebounds when he was in the bottle. The pair of Air Jordans he wore in the game was held at an auction hosted by Christie’s in August last year. At the time, there was still a small piece of glass shards inside the sneaker on the left foot; the pair of sneakers was finally sold for $615,000.
Source: Comprehensive Foreign Media
This article was originally published by “Tilu Sportsroad” in “MJ competition wearing sneakers sold at an auction of over 10 million and easily broke the record.”
