Only known unused ticket from Michael Jordan's NBA debut sells for record price

Posted Mar 1, 2022
Mike Cole insists that, until a few months ago, he gladly would have accepted $500 in exchange for his unused ticket to Michael Jordan’s 1984 NBA debut. Thankfully for him, nobody ever made him that lowball offer. A ticket that Cole stashed for years in his basement alongside some other keepsakes turned out to have more than sentimental value. (Yahoo! Sports)

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