The great Michael Jordan set a new record. On October 27, Beijing time, according to US media reports, a pair of Nike shoes worn by Jordan in his rookie season was sold at the prestigious Sotheby's auction for $1.47 million, thus refreshing the global luxury shoe transaction record.
It is worth US$1.47 million, or about RMB9.5 million. Such an expensive pair of shoes, who is the buyer? According to the sports news tree, at the auction, high-end card collector Nick Fiorella spared no expense to get the Nike Air Ship.
Today, the Nike Air Ship can be auctioned at a sky-high price, which may be related to the story behind this pair of shoes.
On November 1, 1984, American time, Jordan's rookie season, Jordan, who was still a rookie at the time, wore these shoes to play for 33 minutes, scoring 17 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, which was the fifth NBA regular season game of his career, and finally the Bulls lost to the Nuggets.
According to Jordan's custom, he wears new shoes every game, so his shoes are still very new, which he signed and gave to the Nuggets' courtside caddy Tommie III Lewis, which was carefully saved by Lewis for this auction. Nearly 40 years later, the old sneakers are still intact, and the autograph of Jordan the flying man on the shoe is clearly visible.
Imagine how happy Tim Lewis is. However, Lewis was able to obtain such a huge fortune because of Jordan's shoes, and he himself could bear the loneliness. In fact, a similar pair of Jordan shoes was auctioned off in 2015 for only $70,000, up 21 times in just 6 years.
There is another story behind this pair of sky-high shoes, in 1984, Jordan was shocked when he first entered the NBA, and Nike immediately wanted to sign him. But at that time, Jordan's first series of sneakers was not ready, so he used this Nike Air Ship. However, jordan was also punished by the alliance for wearing these shoes that year, and was banned from wearing them. They thought the shoes were too bright. It's also very interesting to think about the NBA standards more than 30 years ago.
After the auction, relevant auction analysts said that the reason why Jordan created a new record was related to the strong demand in the auction market on the one hand, on the other hand, Jordan's own status as the god of basketball also made everything related to him continue to appreciate.
Who is the greatest jordan, Kobe Bryant, James? Although basketball fans of all ages are still arguing about this issue, there is no doubt that Michael Jordan is still at the top of the pyramid in terms of commercial value. I believe that everything around Jordan will set a new record.