A Teenager Paid $3 for an Old Basketball Jacket at Goodwill. It Sold for $89,600

A $3.07 warmup jacket a 19-year-old Portland-area thrifter, Quinn Brown, pulled from a bin at the Hillsboro Goodwill Outlet in January 2026 turned out to be a Los Angeles Lakers piece worn by Wilt Chamberlain during the 1972 NBA Finals. After authentication, it sold for $89,600 at Sotheby’s Summer Sports Classic auction on July 20, 2026. When someone tossed a bright yellow warmup jacket into a bin at the Hillsboro Goodwill Outlet in January 2026, 19-year-old Portland-area thrifter Quinn Brown grabbed it for $3.07 and started checking photos and measurements. Sotheby’s later authenticated it as a Los Angeles Lakers jacket worn by Wilt Chamberlain during the 1972 NBA Finals, with details matched to images from the series against the New York Knicks.

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