Wilt Chamberlain’s rookie home uniform sells at auction for $1.79 million

Associated Press | Sunday, June 18, 2023 9:07 p.m.

The Lakers’ Wilt Chamberlain comes down with a rebound April 29, 1970.

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. — Wilt Chamberlain’s home uniform from his rookie season with the Philadelphia Warriors sold at auction for $1.79 million.

SCP Auctions said the jersey and shorts that Chamberlain wore during the 1959-60 season were sold to filmmaker Rob Gough, and that Saturday’s sale price was a record for any vintage game-worn basketball item.

The uniform was collected from Chamberlain himself in the mid-1970s, the auction house said.

Chamberlain was both MVP and rookie of the year that season, in which he averaged 37.6 points and 27 rebounds.

“The market for premium game-worn memorabilia remains strong, as shown by this sale of Wilt’s rookie uniform,” SCP President David Kohler said. “His unfathomably great rookie season was record-breaking and will always be remembered.”