Michael Jordan trading card sets incredible new record as it sells for an eyewatering $2.9MILLION at auction

The legacy of Michael Jordan shows no signs of slowing down, after a trading card bearing his signature sold for nearly $3million at auction this weekend. Up for auction was a 2003 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Michael Jordan Signed Logoman, and it ended up smashing all records to sell for an eyewatering $2,928,000 to an as-yet-unnamed buyer. Goldin revealed that Saturday night's auction of a Michael Jordan trading card broke records Despite retiring in 2003, Jordan memorabilia continues to fetch huge money at auction The card has been graded 10 by the PSA - the Professional Sports Authenticators - which indicates a 'virtually perfect card', hence the big money being spent. Jordan speaks to the crowd in Philadelphia after playing the final game of his NBA career The 1952 Mickey Mantle card previously broke the record for most expensive sports item ever Mantle was a legend of baseball and played all 18 seasons of his career with the Yankees The 61-year-old, six-time NBA champion partnered with healthcare company Novant Health to establish his latest Novant Health Michael Jordan Family Medical Clinic in Wilmington, which provides medical services to local inhabitants who are either uninsured or underinsured.