US' CSG displaying Michael Jordan's 6 Nike sneakers

CSG, a leading third-party sports card grading company, was entrusted to certify the authenticity and provenance of the sneakers in the Dynasty Collection. After Jordan claimed his first NBA title in 1991, he gave away one of his sneakers as a celebration of the achievement. He continued the tradition through his last championship-winning game. Carefully stored for decades, the shoes are in a remarkable state of preservation, not unlike the day Jordan took them off in the locker room, CSG said in a media statement.

CSG confirmed that each shoe was worn by Jordan in the final games of the 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 and 1998 NBA championships. During the process of certifying the authenticity and provenance of the sneakers, in addition to working with other third-party photo-matching experts, CSG documented the shoes for posterity, taking thousands of professional, high-resolution images for 360-degree views of the shoes.

CSG also obtained access to never-before-seen game photos to evaluate the shoes and establish that they are the ones worn by Jordan in his championship games. These images will be made available on the company’s website.

“Even after examining the world's most important collectibles for four decades, the Dynasty Collection had the power to take my breath away. For the role these shoes play in our collective consciousness, how they relate to sports, fashion and celebrity, they are the contemporary Ruby Slippers, only rarer,” Mark Salzberg, chairman of the Certified Collectibles Group, of which CSG is part, said.

“CSG was honoured and thrilled to be entrusted to certify the authenticity and provenance of the Dynasty Collection. Evaluating the sneakers — the innovative designs, the quality of materials, the scuffs and scratches accumulated on the court — and pouring over the game photos took me back to that incredible era when Jordan and the Bulls ruled the sports world,” Andy Broome, vice president of CSG, said.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (GK)