Michael Jordan sneakers sell for nearly $ 1.5 million

A pair of sneakers that belonged to basketball star Michael Jordan fetched $ 1.47 million on Sunday at an auction organized by Sotheby’s in Las Vegas.

Sneakers from the Nike ‘Air Jordan’ range were worn by the iconic player during the NBA’s 5th rookie match in 1984.

Known as ‘Chicago’ for their colors, they became the most emblematic not only for the player but for the Nike brand and became so popular that they left the field of sports to become a footwear for day to day.

According to the company, This pair of shoes were used by Jordan in his fifth NBA game, on November 1, 1984, and are the oldest used by the player in the American professional league of those that have reached the market.

Sotheby’s estimates they are worth between $ 1 million and $ 1.5 million, the highest estimated price ever given to sneakers at auction, and that would place them among the most expensive in history to reach that amount.

They would approach in this way the prototype of Nike Air Yeezy 1 that took Kanye West to a Grammy Awards, for which someone paid 1.8 million dollars in a private sale last April.

Michael Jordan’s Nike They will be auctioned on October 24 in Las Vegas in a sale to the highest bidder of luxury goods. (I)