The US basketball legend wore the pair of red and white trainers during his first NBA season in 1984.
The shooting guard, who spent most of his career with the Chicago Bulls, became a global icon and helped raise the NBA's profile around the world.Image caption,"This record-breaking result for the Jordan Nike Air Ships affirms the place of Michael Jordan and the Air Jordan franchise at the pinnacle of the sneaker market," said Sotheby's Brahm Wachter after Sunday's auction in Las Vegas.Before the auction, they had been estimated to sell for between $1m and $1.5m.
They are, however, not the most expensive trainers ever sold. That record belongs to the rapper Kanye West, whose Nike Air Yeezy 1 Prototypes fetched $1.8m via a private sale in April. The record price for trainers has been broken several times in recent years, and the market now attracts interest from general buyers as well as leading collectors.
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