A Michael Jordan game-worn jersey from his 1982-83 season at the University of North Carolina has sold for US$1.38 million at auction, Heritage Auctions said. — AFP picNEW YORK, May 9 — A Michael Jordan game-worn jersey from his 1982-83 season at the University of North Carolina has sold for US$1.38 million at auction, Heritage Auctions said today.
Adding to the value of the blue and white No. 23 Tar Heels jersey is the fact that it’s the kit Jordan was wearing on the cover of the March 1983 Sporting News, which declared Jordan the NCAA player of the year. The same jersey had brought US$63,500 when it was auctioned in 1999, and Heritage had expected it to go four about US$1 million in its Spring Sports Catalog Auction.
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