Card sets Jordan memorabilia record with $2.7M sale

There's a new record for Michael Jordan memorabilia.

Goldin Auctions announced Monday that the company brokered the sale of an autographed 1997-98 Jordan Upper Deck Game Jersey card for $2.7 million, making it the most expensive Jordan-related item ever sold.

"For people who want to own the absolute best (of Jordan), this is the flagship card," Goldin Auctions founder Ken Goldin told ESPN's Dan Hajducky. "It's the first Jordan game-worn jersey in a set, it's autographed, it's from a known and specific game - which is highly unusual in 2021 trading cards - back from an era when they still did that."

The card - numbered six out of 23 - features a game-worn jersey patch from the 1992 NBA All-Star Game in Orlando, during which Magic Johnson returned after retiring three months earlier. Johnson finished with 25 points and earned MVP honors, while Jordan scored 18 points.