It has been 14 years since Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan last played an NBA game. That hasn’t softened the marketplace for Jordan memorabilia.
A pair of Jordan’s size-13 Converse shoes, worn in the gold medal game at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, sold last month for more than $190,000. A Google search of “Michael Jordan memorabilia” Tuesday offered about 763,000 results.
With that market in mind, former Gatorade executive Bill Schmidt has decided to sell his collection of Jordan jerseys, shorts, shoes, etc., via an online auction this month.
A Michael Jordan game-worn jersey from the Chicago Bulls’ 1990-91 championship season.