Naturally, the buyers identity is being withheld as Sotheby's doesn't want to put a target on anyone. But whoever dumped $8 million to own a piece of sports history must have pockets as deep as Jay-Z because dayumn!
While we may never know who dropped off these grails in the donation bid, in the end it turned out to be quite the Christmas gift for an important organization.
While we don't know who ended up having the winning bid for the sneakers (we say DJ Khaled), someone out there done got themselves a helluva pair of grails that might forever remain inside a display case where they belong. (Please don't try to wear these, Mr. Big Shot.)
The Sotheby's firm announced that the jersey worn by LeBron James during Game 7 of the 2013 NBA Finals was auctioned off for over three million dollars last Friday. The jersey was from James' second of back-to-back championships as a member of the Miami Heat. The news comes as the Los Angeles Lakers forward is close to breaking the league's all-time scoring record.
If you happen to have any game-worn kicks donned by Michael Jordan himself in your collection, you're sitting on millions. On Sunday, Oct. 24, a pair of Air Ships rocked by the GOAT in one of his earliest NBA games sold for a cool $1.47M.
