Wilt Chamberlain warm-up jacket bought for $3 at thrift store sells for tens of thousands

A memorabilia huntsman whitethorn person made nan find of nan period erstwhile he picked up what turned retired to beryllium a genuine Wilt Chamberlain warm-up overgarment astatine a Goodwill shop successful Portland for conscionable $3.07.

Now, that overgarment has sold astatine auction for $89,000.

That's a profit of $88,996.93, which intends astir of america will beryllium heading to our section Goodwill stores later coming and tearing nan spot isolated successful hunt of sports memorabilia paydirt.

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Of course, thing tied to nan precocious Wilt Chamberlain is going to bid apical dollar, but this wasn't immoderate aged warm-up jacket. Sotheby's photograph matched it to nan 1972 NBA Finals and to immoderate different photos changeable during nan pursuing 1972-73 season.

Those dates are important because he was named Finals MVP successful nan 1972 NBA Finals, while nan 1972-73 play was his past successful nan NBA.

A warm-up overgarment worn by NBA awesome Wilt Chamberlain astatine nan tail of extremity of his profession was recovered successful a Goodwill for $3.07 and sold astatine auction for $89.000. (Photo by Walter Iooss Jr. /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images and Photo by Martin Mills/Getty Images)

According to KATU, nan fortunate overgarment finder was Quinn Brown, a teen who has been thrifting and trading nan worldly he finds for years.

Finding a overgarment for $3 and flipping it for a shadiness nether $90,000 is astir arsenic bully arsenic it gets. The only downside was that Sotheby's really thought it was going to waste for thing successful nan vicinity of $150,000 to $250,000.

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Man, conscionable erstwhile I'd emotion to beryllium connected nan receiving extremity of this benignant of thrift shop aliases antique shop luck.

Wilt Chamberlain and nan Los Angeles Lakers faced nan New York Knicks successful nan 1972 NBA Finals. (Photo by George Long/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)

Every clip I bargain thing reasoning it will beryllium valuable — for illustration a Spike Jones medium aliases an aged "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" Taco Bell cup — it turns retired to beryllium worthy hardly arsenic overmuch arsenic I paid for it.

Maybe I'm conscionable not looking successful nan correct places... nan places I've gone to mostly conscionable person crap.

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Congrats to Quinn Brown connected 1 heck of a find.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I person Goodwill bins to rummage through...