A pair of sneakers that were worn by basketball icon Michael Jordan was sold for $2.2 million (around €2 million) on Tuesday in New York, becoming the most expensive worn sports footwear in history, auction house Sotheby's declared.
The sneakers broke the previous record set by a pair of Air Jordans that were sold for $1.5 million in 2021.
The auctioned shoes were a pair of the Air Jordan 13 sneakers that the basketball great wore during the 1998 NBA Finals, known as “The Last Dance”.