Air Jordan nets record $615K

MANILA, Philippines — A pair of Michael Jordan’s game-worn sneakers sold for $615,000 (P30.1 million), Christie’s auction house said Thursday, shattering a record set just months ago by the sale of another pair of the basketball legend’s shoes.

The sneakers were a pair of Air Jordan 1 Highs that the NBA megastar wore during a 1985 exhibition match in Italy when he dunked the ball so hard it shattered the glass backboard.

“This is the original shoe with an actual piece of the backboard, a piece of glass, in the sole of the shoe,” said Caitlin Donovan of Christie.

The sale broke the record set in May when a pair of Air Jordan 1’s sold for $560,000.