A pair of Converse shoes that Michael Jordan wore when he played his college basketball at the University of North Carolina have sold for $43,000.
Game-used Jordan shoes have commanded some serious dollars in recent years.
Former Bulls basketball star Michael Jordan Photo: PHOTOSPORT
Last year, the same auction house sold an autographed pair of shoes Jordan wore during his famous "Flu Game" in the 1997 NBA Finals for $135,000.
A pair of shoes that Jordan wore in his rookie season with the Bulls sold for $40,000 in 2013.
Jordan wore Converse throughout his days at North Carolina because, at the time, the company was paying UNC coach Dean Smith about $15,000 a year to have his players wear its shoes.
Converse made a pitch to Jordan when he turned pro after the 1984 Olympics, but its $100,000 fell almost a half a million dollars short of Nike's deal.
The rest is history. Nike's Jordan brand sells more than $3 billion worth of shoe annually.
