Baseball signed by 13-year-old Michael Jordan up for auction
One of Michael Jordan's earliest known autographed items is for sale.
Goldin Auctions is auctioning off a baseball a 13-year-old Jordan signed in 1976 when he was playing for a Babe Ruth League youth baseball team in Wilmington, North Carolina. The ball was also signed by Jordan's teammates and includes the inscriptions "Pam Beasley 1976 Won 11 Lost 3" and "1976 CHAMPS."
The ball comes with a letter of authorization from Jordan's former baseball coach, Richard Neher, along with the little league roster and a photograph of the team. TMZ Sports reports that Neher kept the ball for over 25 years before selling it in 2002.
The market for Jordan memorabilia has been especially hot since "The Last Dance" premiered in April. A pair of game-worn and autographed Air Jordan 1 sneakers fetched a record $560,000 at auction, while a ticket stub from Jordan's first regular-season NBA game sold for nearly $25,000.
(Photo source: Goldin Auctions)