Michael Jordan, a basketball player, wore the Olympic jersey in 1992 in Barcelona, and it sold for $3.03 million. Goldin, an online marketplace for collectibles, held the auction. Some of the greatest players ever played for the US basketball team, dubbed “The Dream Team,” included Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson.
NBA players were able to compete in the Olympics for the first time in Barcelona, where the US team easily took home the gold medal. Jordan’s particular jersey from the semifinal matchup with Lithuania was offered for auction along with 12 other signed jerseys from the team.
The most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever worn in a game was the Jordan jersey from the first game of the 1998 NBA Finals, which sold for over $10 million in another auction in September.
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