According to ESPN, the $2.5 million is the most paid for a Jordan rookie card — signed or unsigned — and the third-highest price in a public sale for any Jordan card. That record is $2.928 million.

Three pieces of rare Chicago sports memorabilia, including a signature from Shoeless Joe Jackson and a Michael Jordan ...

Beloved actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were saddled with credit card debt at the time of their tragic deaths ...

However, last year, an auction of another Jordan autographed card, a 1-of-1 2003-04 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Michael Jordan Logoman card, sold for a record $2.928 million.

Autographed Michael Jordan Rookie Card Heads to Pharrell Williams’ Auction House With an estimated value between $2 million and $3 million, this could become the most valuable Jordan card ever sold.

An autographed 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie card has sold at Joopiter -- 13-time Grammy winning artist and producer Pharrell Williams' auction house -- for $2.5 million, including a 25% ...

A autographed Michael Jordan rookie card sold for $2.5 million in an auction that closed on Thursday. The 1986-87 Fleer card sold through Joopiter — the auction platform founded by Grammy ...