{"id":865419,"date":"2026-09-30T03:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T03:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/865419\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T03:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T03:10:12","slug":"michael-jordan-last-dance-jersey-sale-what-to-know-about-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/865419\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jordan \u2018Last Dance\u2019 Jersey Sale: What to Know About Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe jersey Michael Jordan<\/a> wore during Game 3 of the 1998 NBA<\/a> Finals sold for $12.3 million, including the auction firm\u2019s buyer\u2019s premium. It topped the previous NBA record of $10.1 million in 2022 for another MJ jersey during those same finals, featuring the Chicago Bulls<\/a> against the Utah Jazz.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe most expensive sports team jersey ever sold was Babe Ruth\u2019s \u201ccalled shot\u201d jersey from the 1932 World Series. It fetched $24.1 million<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve always felt like when I own these things, I\u2019m a steward of a piece of history,\u201d the seller Rob Gough said in a video interview just ahead of the auction close. He\u2019s now redirecting his energy to his latest entrepreneurial venture, the Miami-based World Jai Alai League.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn August, Gough bought the WJAL, which relaunched in 2022. Jai alai matches used to attract 15,000 fans, but a three-year player strike in the late 1980s turned off many supporters. Gough wants to revamp the league\u2019s broadcasting, ticket sales and player storytelling. \u201cI\u2019m going to flip things on its head,\u201d Gough said.<\/p>\n

\n\tGough said he started seriously collecting sports memorabilia when COVID-19 hit in 2020. He gained fame when he paid $5.2 million for a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle baseball card in January 2021. At the time, it was the most expensive known sports card transaction. \u201cEveryone thought I was out of my mind, because it was so high compared to the previous transactions,\u201d Gough said.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt turns out the MJ sale was not Gough\u2019s first eight-figure memorabilia sale. He disclosed during the Sportico interview that he quietly sold the card in early 2023 through a broker. He said he received $12.375 million in an under-the-radar deal. Gough didn\u2019t know what the buyer paid, including any broker\u2019s fee, but it likely would be the most expensive known card sale ever. The current known mark is $12.9 million for a Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant Dual Logoman 2007-08 UD Exquisite.<\/p>\n

\n\tGough bought the 1998 Finals jersey in 2023 and will only say he paid \u201ca lot\u201d and that it was probably a record for a jersey at the time. The jersey, worn during Jordan\u2019s final season with the Bulls chronicled in the documentary The Last Dance, was sold by Joopiter, a digital-first auction platform founded by musician and producer Pharrell Williams.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019ll be at home enjoying a quiet evening with the family and taking it all in,\u201d Gough said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a privilege to own this piece of Jordan\u2019s history.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The jersey Michael Jordan wore during Game 3 of the 1998 NBA Finals sold for $12.3 million, including…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":865420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[7329,5256,7328,355,5489,99],"class_list":["post-865419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-collectibles","tag-michael-jordan","tag-nba","tag-nba-finals","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}