Michael Jordan jersey fetches record $10.1 million

A match-worn jersey from basketball legend Michael Jordan has been auctioned for a record sum of around $10.1 million (€10 million), Sotheby’s announced on Thursday.

In doing so, it becomes the most expensive game-worn sports memorabilia ever sold at auction. It eclipses the previous record set earlier this year, also at Sotheby’s, of Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona’s “Hand of God” jersey which fetched $9.3 million.

And it almost triples the record for a basketball…