Michael Jordan 1984 shoes sold 1 million dollars or how the pair of shoes that Michael Jordan played with in 1984 make history after being sold for almost 1.5 million dollars.

6 NBA titles, thousands of points scored, winner of almost all awards (Rookie of the Year, Defender of the Year, NBA MVP, All-Star MVP, Finals MVP), named the best basketball player of all time by many, admired by millions of fans and players... Michael Jordan's career was full of successes and records and now, now retired, he has obtained a new one.

It has been thanks to the sale of sneakers worn by Michael Jordan himself to play in 1984, during his first season with the Chicago Bulls. These shoes, Nike Air Ship, have been sold this Sunday in an auction for 1,472,000 dollars (around 1.26 million euros, according to the current change), which is a record.

Michael Jordan 1984 shoes sold 1 million dollars

This shoe is red and white, Nike brand and made of leather, rubber and cotton, and has been purchased at an auction of the house Sotheby's by the collector Nick Fiorella.

Signed by Jordan and used by the basketball legend himself in the fifth game of his first season in the NBA as a player of the Chicago Bulls, the shoes have thus become the first to exceed a million dollars in a public auction and the most valuable offered at an auction, as reported by Sotheby's, reports Efe and collects 20 Minutes.

As the auction house reports, it is "Michael Jordan's first known regular season Nike [shoe], attributed to Michael's fifth NBA game (November 1, 1984), with a design that predates even the Air Jordan 1."

Michael Jordan 1984 shoes sold 1 million dollars

"In 1984, Nike gave Michael Jordan his own line of footwear and clothing, which was instrumental in Michael agreeing to sign with Nike. It was the first time the brand did something like this, and paved the way for many of the collaborations with players we see now," he contextualizes.

"The term 'Air Jordan' was coined by Michael Jordan's agent, David Falk. Apparently, David came up with the name because the Nike shoes had air in the soles and because, of course, Michael Jordan played basketball in the air," he recalls.

"This record result for the Jordan Nike Air Ships reaffirms Michael Jordan and the Air Jordan franchise's place at the top of the shoe market," he said after the historic sale of Sotheby's Brahm Wachter closed.

Michael Jordan 1984 shoes sold 1 million dollars

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