A record! Six Michael Jordan sneakers sold for $8 million at auction. The purchase price reached at auction at Sotheby's in New York, eight million dollars, is a record for this atypical lot.
The six shoes sold Friday are Air Jordan VI (1991), VII (1992), VIII (1993), XI (1996), XII (1997) and an Air Jordan XIV (1998) Last April, the company of Franco-Israeli tycoon Patrick Drahi sold at auction a pair of sneakers worn by Jordan during his last championship final in 1998 for $2.2 million.