An unused ticket to Michael Jordan's NBA debut in 1984 story sells for a huge amount of money

A ticket that belonged to a Chicago Bulls fan who attended Michael Jordan's debut game
@Deepizzaguy (94512)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
March 2, 2022 2:28pm CST
Mike Cole who was in attendance at the first basketball game that National Basketball Association icon Michael Jordan who back in 1984 played in his first basketball in Chicago managed somehow to keep the unused ticket intact after 38 years where he was able to collect a prize from Heritage Auctions of $468,000 dollars on Saturday. Mike insists that he did not keep the unused ticket from the debut of the basketball icon when he played in his first game with the Chicago Bulls on October 26, 1984 at Chicago Stadium for money purposes but for the good memories seeing his favorite basketball team entertain him while was enrolled at Northwestern University. After the government gets its fair share of the money that Mike earned, Mike intends to use the leftover money to improve the lives of his relatives and do some traveling in the near future. The winner of the unused ticket prefers not to be known since he is not only a huge fan of the basketball icon, he wants to keep a moment of history in his possession that he paid for away from strangers who would like to steal it from him.
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@franxav (13603)
• India
2 Mar 22
So lucky of him. The buyer is wise to keep it secret for someone might like to possess the ticket.
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@Deepizzaguy (94512)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Mar 22
That is true since not everybody is a Michael Jordan fan.
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@just4him (306137)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
2 Mar 22
It's good Mike sold the ticket and has good intentions for his family. It's also good the buyer doesn't want anyone to know he bought it.
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@Deepizzaguy (94512)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Mar 22
The buyer who possesses the ticket of Michael Jordan's debut game knows that he is a target for a thief to steal the ticket and try to sell it himself to another dealer.
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@MandaLee (3756)
• United States
2 Mar 22
What a great story
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@Deepizzaguy (94512)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Mar 22
My pleasure to share this nice story.
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Mar 22
It often surprises me what people collect.
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@Deepizzaguy (94512)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Mar 22
That is true since some items that I used to own were either given away to a charity or thrown away.
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@LindaOHio (156159)
• United States
3 Mar 22
Wow! That's a lot to pay for a ticket.
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@Deepizzaguy (94512)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Mar 22
I know what you mean since people are willing to spend so much money on an an unused ticket to a basketball game when Michael Jordan was a rookie.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
2 Mar 22
Amazing. I have my son's collection of football cards.
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@Deepizzaguy (94512)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Mar 22
That is nice to know.
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@jstory07 (134456)
• Roseburg, Oregon
3 Mar 22
That was really lucky.
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@Deepizzaguy (94512)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Mar 22
That is true since most items that I have collected in the past like the "Rocky Balboa" books were donated to a charity after a few years.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
3 Mar 22
"$468.000" Did you mean to put a period after the 8 or should it have been a comma?
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@Deepizzaguy (94512)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Mar 22
I will correct it since it is a comma.
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
3 Mar 22
Wow, who would have thought that would be worth money?
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@Deepizzaguy (94512)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Mar 22
That is what I was thinking that an unused ticket when Michael Jordan made his NBA debut is worth that amount of money.
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