The $4 million mark was hoped for, but it was exceeded! The jersey worn by Wilt Chamberlain during the 1972 Finals (Game 2 and Game 5), of which he was the MVP, was in fact sold for almost five million dollars (4.9 exactly) by Sotheby’s.
This is a new record for a jersey that belonged to the man with 100 points since the previous one was “only” 1.8 million dollars. It was for a jersey from his rookie season, worn with the Philadelphia Warriors.
In this area, Wilt Chamberlain is doing better than his legendary rival Bill Russell, whose last jersey worn, during the 1969 Finals against “The Stilt”, had been sold for 1.1 million, almost two years ago at the time. of the sale of memorabilia of the former Celtics pivot.
It is also the third most expensive NBA jersey in history, after the 5.8 million spent on Kobe Bryant’s, worn during his MVP season (2007/2008), and especially behind the 10.1 million on Michael Jordan’s. , worn during his last Finals in 1998.
