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Her Majesty’s Nike Air Jordan XIII Bred from Game 2 of the 1998 NBA Finals will be sold at auction by Sotheby’s and is anticipated to bring in a record sum. The sole intact pair of Michael Jordan’s winning sneakers from the most recent finals are the shoes that have his autograph.
The online auction for Sotheby’s Victoriam Parts I and II will start on April 3 and end a week later on April 11. It’s anticipated that this pair of sneakers will fetch a record-breaking price of between $2 million and $4 million. more than any other pair of shoes ever auctioned.
They are the ones that Michael Jordan wore in Game 2 of the 1998 NBA Finals, which took place at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City and saw the Chicago Bulls upset the Utah Jazz 93-88. The Bulls would prevail 4-2, claiming the championship.
On the auction house’s official site, they say that the shoes were delivered by MJ to the ball boy who had found and returned the jacket that Jordan himself had forgotten at the Delta Center after shooting practice the day before the game. As a thank you for the gesture that the little one had had with him, he took off his shoes, autographed it and gave it to him.
“The shoes feature large beautiful silver signatures on each toe box and are in mint condition. This is the only complete pair of shoes worn by Michael in an NBA Finals game, from any of the 6 NBA Finals series. Michael’s NBA, which have been photo-matched and authenticated by The MeiGray Group, the official authenticator of the NBA” , adds the catalog note so that no one doubts the authenticity of the product.
