Jordan 'Last Dance' jersey sells for record £10.6m

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTonight's question.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA 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.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIs paying fourteen million dollars for a used shirt a brilliant investment in history, or the end of civilization? Vera argues brilliant.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorChip argues the end.

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

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThank you, Hank. History has a smell, and tonight it smells like championship sweat and extremely good decisions.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Guardian says it was a private sale, which means one person looked at that jersey and said yes. I admire that decisiveness.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFolks, I love a shirt. I love this shirt. But fourteen million dollars could buy a whole lot of other shirts, and I've counted.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMy uncle's closet has forty jerseys, and if this is the market, he's sitting on a fortune or a fire hazard.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRebuttals. Vera, you have thirty seconds, and I'm watching the clock.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorChip, your uncle's jerseys didn't win six championships. Yours has a stain from a barbecue, and that is not the same thing.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIt was a good barbecue, Vera! And that's exactly my point. Everything we wear is one story away from a museum.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThen you should be buying more shirts.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOne at a time. Now, a surprise piece of evidence from the data: the Guardian reports this was bought in a private sale.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPrivate. So nobody even got to bid out loud and wave a paddle?

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhich means somewhere, a very rich person is wearing a bathrobe and staring at it in the dark.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLightning round. One sentence each. Would you wash it?

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNever. Wash it, and you wash away the legend.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCold water, gentle cycle, and a little love.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWould you wear it?

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOnly to the gala.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTo the gas station. I'd feel unstoppable.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLast question. Where do you store it?

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA climate-controlled vault with a small nightlight.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHonestly, the couch. Under a blanket, so it stays warm.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorClosing statements. Chip, you're up first.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIf we pay this for a shirt, what's next? A sandwich? A parking spot? Folks, protect the shirts and protect your hamper.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorChip, I will say this kindly: you've just described every garage sale. Sometimes a shirt is a shirt, and sometimes it's a legend.

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

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI reject the ruling, and I'd like to open the bidding on your chair, Hank.

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