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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,036 posts)
Sun Aug 18, 2019, 01:39 PM Aug 2019

Obama's high school basketball jersey sells for $120,000

DALLAS (AP) — A basketball jersey believed to have been worn by former President Barack Obama while he was at a Honolulu prep school has sold at auction for $120,000.

Heritage Auctions said the jersey sold Saturday night in Dallas to a collector of American and sports artifacts who didn't wish to be identified.

The jersey was offered by Peter Noble, who was three years behind Obama at Punahou School. Noble, now 55 and living in Seattle, said the jersey was destined for the trash when he picked it up. Years later he saw an old photo of Obama wearing a No. 23 jersey while at school.

The auction house says details on the shirt match the one Obama is photographed wearing.

Noble says a portion of the sale will go to the school.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/obamas-high-school-basketball-jersey-sells-for-dollar120000/ar-AAFYvmb?li=BBnbfcL

Not to be outdone Trump hopes to auction off a used pair of Depends to raise money for the RNC.

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Obama's high school basketball jersey sells for $120,000 (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2019 OP
Ewww on trump. murielm99 Aug 2019 #1
". . . believed to have been worn . . ." reminds me of the old tale of Abraham Lincoln's ax . . . Journeyman Aug 2019 #2
Eat your heart out, Spanky! greatauntoftriplets Aug 2019 #3
BS former9thward Aug 2019 #4
Lol...but George Washington slept here, I swear!! Docreed2003 Aug 2019 #5
Meanwhile, the socks Trump wore when diagnosed with bone spurs .... left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 #6

Journeyman

(15,036 posts)
2. ". . . believed to have been worn . . ." reminds me of the old tale of Abraham Lincoln's ax . . .
Sun Aug 18, 2019, 01:48 PM
Aug 2019

"Now this," says the auctioneer, "is the ax that Abraham Lincoln used. The handle's been replaced 14 times and the head 7, but this is the ax that Abraham Lincoln used."

former9thward

(32,028 posts)
4. BS
Sun Aug 18, 2019, 02:21 PM
Aug 2019

Why would anyone pick up some used shirt supposedly worn by some kid who was completely unknown? I smell a scam. People will believe any story.

Docreed2003

(16,864 posts)
5. Lol...but George Washington slept here, I swear!!
Sun Aug 18, 2019, 02:49 PM
Aug 2019

When we were house shopping in RI several years ago in a small historic community, it was a running gag between me and my wife that every historic home we looked at came with a tale of a famous founding father who had lodged there...including more than one George Washington story. This is about like that

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