Sotheby’s auctioned off Victor Wembanyama’s game-worn jersey from his NBA debut. It was expected to sell for between $80k – $120k. Bidding just closed and it sold for a record-breaking $762,000. That’s the highest amount ever paid for rookie jersey
Sotheby's auctioned off Victor Wembanyama's game-worn jersey from his NBA debut.
It was expected to sell for between $80k – $120k.
Bidding just closed and it sold for a record-breaking $762,000.
That's the highest amount ever paid for rookie jersey pic.twitter.com/CnAYC7Xtl2
— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) November 21, 2023
by McWhorter44
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I’ve insider information on this auction.
Wemby himself bought it in secret through a proxy so he can sell it for a bigger payday 10 years later.
What a shrewd businessman. At 19! Really impressive.
Victor Wembanyama is a motherfucking Spur
Yet I cannot fucking sell a signed Keldon johnson jersey, new and unused, verified signed, for $150 MSRP here on Facebook, Craigslist’s or anything in SA for a MONTH
Smart. Sell while the hype is still big. Never know how his career will go.
I still remember years ago when this baseball player, strasburg? He was a phenom pitcher straight out of high school. Anyways, there was this guy on ESPN who had his rookie card and turned down 1 million dollars for it. Greed fucked him over
Seems like the lowest possible time to sell his jersey. Why not wait a decade and cash in on his superstardom?