Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls Jersey

The jersey that Michael Jordan wore inside the last regular-season game with the Chicago Bulls offered for $173, 240 early Sunday.

Extent paid could be the greatest cost purchased a Jordan collectible at auction, surpassing Jordan's "flu game" footwear, that was offered just last year for just under $105, 000.

"No one that has been out of the game less than fifteen years has already established products offer of these forms of rates, " stated Ken Goldin of Goldin Auctions, which marketed the jersey and a set of game-worn shoes through the 1996 NBA Finals for $34, 160. "Michael Jordan is the collectible equivalent of Babe Ruth."

The No. 23 jersey worn by Michael Jordan in the final regular-season game aided by the Chicago Bulls fetched more than $173, 000 at auction Sunday. Mike Blake/Reuters

Jersey authenticator MeiGray authenticated the jersey as matching the jersey used on April 18, 1998, when Jordan scored 44 things up against the ny Knicks, the past time he wore the red and white in a regular-season game regarding United Center floor. The jersey also came with a letter from Bulls vouching for the credibility to be game-used.