Unused ticket stub from Michael Jordan’s debut for Chicago Bulls goes for $468,000 at an auction

Unused ticket stub from Michael Jordan’s debut for Chicago Bulls goes for $468,000 at an auction

Michael Jordan will and always be the face of the NBA for a long, long time. His influence in the basketball community is everlasting, what he did for the NBA, the NBA is forever grateful for him, who made Basketball a sport loved by all around the world. Even to this day, a ticket from his debut match is sold at an auction for $ 468,000.

Michael Jordans Debut match Ticket sold for $468,000

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Michael Jordan has been a hit worldwide, since his debut for the Chicago Bulls. His influence over the NBA is massive and to its current supporters and the future as well. Basketballers such as LeBron James and Kobe Bryant, are ones who are influenced by His Airness. Many other players still to this day look up to Michael Jordan and consider him the face of the NBA.

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Every Great player was once an unbothered rookie, and once when he made his debut for the Chicago Bulls in the old Chicago Stadium, no one thought that this kid would take the NBA to a global level with him being at the helm of it. Michael Cole who has been a lifelong Chicago Bulls fan had purchased the tickets dating back to the date when Michael Jordan made his debut for the Bulls at a price of just $8.50 in 1984, with no idea he would be getting a huge surprise later on in form of monetary value.

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In the Heritage Auctions, one of the unused tickets was sold for a price of $468,000, Cole had purchased 2 tickets when he was at Northwestern University, and he went alone for the game. He had one ticket remaining from that day in which Michael Jordan first saw the big stage. The Auction had checked on the unused tickets and have confirmed the ticket to be an original one and kept in mint condition, another thing is that it is one of kind ticket because that is the only complete recognized ticket left in the world for which Michael Jordan had first played in the Bulls jersey.

The ticket bought by Cole is now the second most expensive according to Heritage Auctions. The number 1 spot is held by the Brooklyn Dodgers owners for the debut match of Jackie Robinson in 1947, the value for which is $480,000.

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