Jordan Last Dance Jersey Sells for £10.6M: Where Do You Store It?

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What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: BBC Sport.

1. Hank LedgerTonight's question.

2. Hank LedgerA Michael Jordan jersey from his Last Dance season sold for fourteen million dollars, about ten point six million pounds, a record for basketball memorabilia, according to BBC Sport.

3. Hank LedgerIs paying fourteen million dollars for a used shirt a brilliant investment in history, or the end of civilization? Vera argues brilliant.

4. Hank LedgerChip argues the end.

5. Hank LedgerRules: ninety seconds each, one speaker at a time, and nobody may say the word priceless. It's obviously priced.

6. Vera BullockThank you, Hank. History has a smell, and tonight it smells like championship sweat and extremely good decisions.

7. Vera BullockThe Guardian says it was a private sale, which means one person looked at that jersey and said yes. I admire that decisiveness.

8. Chip DarnellFolks, I love a shirt. I love this shirt. But fourteen million dollars could buy a whole lot of other shirts, and I've counted.

9. Chip DarnellMy uncle's closet has forty jerseys, and if this is the market, he's sitting on a fortune or a fire hazard.

10. Hank LedgerRebuttals. Vera, you have thirty seconds, and I'm watching the clock.

11. Vera BullockChip, your uncle's jerseys didn't win six championships. Yours has a stain from a barbecue, and that is not the same thing.

12. Chip DarnellIt was a good barbecue, Vera! And that's exactly my point. Everything we wear is one story away from a museum.

13. Vera BullockThen you should be buying more shirts.

14. Hank LedgerOne at a time. Now, a surprise piece of evidence from the data: the Guardian reports this was bought in a private sale.

15. Chip DarnellPrivate. So nobody even got to bid out loud and wave a paddle?

16. Vera BullockWhich means somewhere, a very rich person is wearing a bathrobe and staring at it in the dark.

17. Hank LedgerLightning round. One sentence each. Would you wash it?

18. Vera BullockNever. Wash it, and you wash away the legend.

19. Chip DarnellCold water, gentle cycle, and a little love.

20. Hank LedgerWould you wear it?

21. Vera BullockOnly to the gala.

22. Chip DarnellTo the gas station. I'd feel unstoppable.

23. Hank LedgerLast question. Where do you store it?

24. Vera BullockA climate-controlled vault with a small nightlight.

25. Chip DarnellHonestly, the couch. Under a blanket, so it stays warm.

26. Hank LedgerClosing statements. Chip, you're up first.

27. Chip DarnellIf we pay this for a shirt, what's next? A sandwich? A parking spot? Folks, protect the shirts and protect your hamper.

28. Vera BullockChip, I will say this kindly: you've just described every garage sale. Sometimes a shirt is a shirt, and sometimes it's a legend.

29. Hank LedgerMy ruling: it's a shirt, and the end of civilization is postponed until further notice. Nobody has to accept that.

30. Vera BullockI reject the ruling, and I'd like to open the bidding on your chair, Hank.

31. Hank LedgerChat, vote now: brilliant buy or end of civilization? And the chair is not for sale. It has my back.