Michael Jordan's 1984 Olympic Jersey going on auction block

 
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PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2017 5:30 pm    Post subject: Michael Jordan's 1984 Olympic Jersey going on auction block

Kind of surprised Jordan didn't want this for himself but he might not be that sentimental.

http://nba.nbcsports.com/2017/05/20/michael-jordans-1984-olympic-jersey-going-on-auction-block/

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Michael Jordan’s 1984 Olympic jersey going on auction block


In some ways, the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles was Michael Jordan’s coming out party — he had won a national championship at North Carolina, but as he was about to enter the NBA he went on the big Olympic stage and averaged 17.1 points per game on 54 percent shooting, leading the last team of amateurs that won gold for the United States in the Olympics. (The USA won bronze in 1988 and responded with the Dream Team, again with Jordan, in 1992.)

Jordan’s No. 9 jersey from that team can be yours… if you have a remarkable amount of disposable income for such things. It goes up for bid on June 2 at Gray Flannel Auctions, and here is their description.

This jersey is properly tagged, was presented to us as game-used and in our opinion shows excellent use remaining in pristine condition…. This jersey has been conclusively Photo-Matched to the USA Olympic exhibition games, the preliminary Olympic trials and progressively matched to actual Olympic play. We believe this to be the only red color-way uniform that Jordan wore for this historic gold medal run.

Bidding starts at $10,000, but you may need to add an extra zero to that if you want to win the bid.
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PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2017 10:02 am    Post subject:

A blue 92 Dream Team Jordan game worn jersey (unsigned) sold for 20K in 2013. Probably will serve as a barometer. These guys sell all kinds of stuff, rings included. At Heritage Auctions site, you can find at least one game worn that has gone thru their hands for any big name you type in. Jordan and Magic gave away a lot of theirs to team people/agents and what not. A lot of Jordan's game worn shoes including his Converses from UNC. Mike won't sell his rings, but it doesn't appear he is all that nostalgic about his unis. I guess all the crap some of these big stars have accumulated over the years would at best be sitting in a storage unit a la Kobe's stuff that his mom tried to resell. Another one is Brian Bosworth. They did a 30/30 with him and his kid rummaging thru all the crap of his that his dad saved and you could tell the Boz wanted to burn it all. Magic has a large display at his estate of basketballs from big events in his career. That and the rings. Don't remember seeing any uni stuff in his collection when they did a walk thru of his place.
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PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2017 10:28 am    Post subject:

True he may not have fond memories of it. But at least Jordan is selling it and not his parents.
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