The jersey worn by MVP Nikola Jokic when he became the first player to ever record 30 plus-points, 20 plus-rebounds and 10 plus-assists in an NBA Finals game sold for $148,020 Thursday night.
NBA Auctions offered jerseys worn by the Denver Nuggets in Game 3 and those donned by the Miami Heat in Game 2 in the second round of Finals jersey events.
Jokic’s Game 1 jersey netted $134,000 earlier this month. That one was also on his back during part of the Western Conference Finals and Semi-Finals.
Jamaal Murray’s Game 3 jersey sold for $60,000, the most ever paid for a Murray game-worn item. Jimmy Butler’s Game 2 Finals jersey sold for $17,260. A game-used ball from Game 3 sold for $26,120 while a Game 1 ball went for $15,020.
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Signed Super Bowl tickets, autographed Shohei Ohtani memorabilia, rookie cards and game-used items are all part of the new Fanatics auction.
Set to close over a four day period during the holiday week, the auction includes over 300 items, some with starting bids as low as $1 and most without reserves.
Among the lots:
- Autographed and inscribed Ohtani jersey and baseball, each numbered to 17 and including his Kanji signature with an inscription of his nickname “Shotime.”
- Autographed, inscribed Super Bowl tickets from Tom Brady and Jerry Rice
- 2000 Upper Deck Ionix Brady rookie card BGS 9 (#1837/2000)
- 2000 National Treasures Prodigy Patch Joe Burrow auto (#3/99)
- Signed Ernie Banks rookie card
- Baseball signed by 15 pitchers who have tossed a perfect game
- Tiger Woods 30×40 autographed Masters photo
- Game-used NFL footballs and jerseys
Lots will begin closing on July 3 and continue through July 6 on the company’s auction platform.
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