MJ’s $1.47M Nikes

Take it back two years ago. A pair of 1984 Nike Air Ships, worn by Michael Jordan in the fifth game of his rookie campaign, were sold for a record-setting $1.47M 🤑

Mike was playing in Denver and dropped 17 points in 33 minutes of playing time. After the game, MJ gave his shoes to Nuggets ball boy T.J. Lewis, who maintained and eventually sold the shoes to high-end card collector Nick Fiorella. The $1.47M price-tag sounds like a lot of money for a pair of non-Jordans, but Fiorella’s collection is top notch 👀

Fast forward to today, and these shoes have officially resurfaced, and I wonder if the round 2 auction price will exceed the numbers we saw back in 2021. I don’t know a lot about the vintage game worn MJ market, but I do know that it's been a while since we all got stimulus checks ✔️

I hope whoever is selling these beauties makes some money, but I also wouldn’t be surprised if the market softened a bit…The Last Dance all had us feeling some type of way back in 2021. As much as I love the Air Ships, low key Nigel Sylvester made the best pair. Peep this if you don’t know what I’m talking about 👇

@overtimekicks

I need the Bike Airs bad 🚲 @nigelsylvester @overtimemikey #bmx #nigelsylvester #nike #jordan

Overall, the general public doesn’t really feel the same way I do about the Nike Air Ships, as you can pretty much cop every colorway for below retail. They’re so clean I almost feel like people are sleeping on them because they’re TOO tasteful. I mean seriously!

The auction for these kicks started earlier this month, and you can see where the current bid is at HERE. Maybe even throw down a bid, idk what you guys do with your money. As of writing this, the pair is current at $170,000 with the auction closing on September 13th 🤝

What’s Happening

Thank you for reading the Overtime Kicks newsletter, if you have any feedback hit that reply button and let us know what you thought 🙏

If this was forwarded to you, subscribe here 👇