A pair of sneakers belonging to former American basketball superstar Michael Jordan was bought for a record price of 1.47 million USD at an auction organized by Sotheby’s in Las Vegas (USA) last weekend.

According to auction house Sotheby’s, Michael Jordan ‘s old shoes are one of the artifacts for sale in the Unique Memorabilia and Luxury Fashion program.

The new owner of these shoes is veteran collector Nick Fiorella, who currently owns the Fiorella insurance group based in Florida (USA). This billionaire made Michael Jordan shoes the most expensive sneakers in history.

Although the shoes mentioned above are not the famous Nike Air Jordans brand, they are the shoes that Michael Jordan used in the win against the Denver Nuggets on November 1, 1984.

This was the first NBA game in Jordan’s career, in which a shoe model was produced to market, setting the stage for the launch of the Air Jordan brand that the basketball superstar collaborated with Nike later on. This.

These shoes were originally given to a ball boy named Tommie Tim III Lewis and were valued at $1-1.5 million

The previous record price for a pair of Michael Jordan’s old shoes was only $615,000. The basketball star wore these Air Jordans in a pre-season exhibition game in 1985.