$3.07 Goodwill find IDd as 1972 NBA Finals jacket…
A 19-year-old thrift shopper might be in line for a huge payday after shopping for what turned out to be a warm-up jacket worn by late basketball icon Wilt Chamberlain for just $3.07 at a Goodwill store.
The uncommon piece is now up for public sale through Sotheby’s, where it’s anticipated to fetch between $150,000 and $250,000 after being authenticated as a jacket worn by the Los Angeles Lakers great during the 1972 NBA Finals and throughout the 1972-73 season — his remaining season in the league.
A 19-year-old thrift shopper might be in line for a huge payday after shopping for what turned out to be a warm-up jacket worn by late basketball icon Wilt Chamberlain for just $3.07 at a Goodwill store. Instagram/@quinn.c.brown
Portland resident Quinn Brown stumbled across the gold-and-purple jacket during a January go to to a Goodwill Outlet store in Hillsboro after another shopper briefly picked it up before placing it back, according to WLBT3.
“He just threw it in front of me, and I immediately grabbed it,” Brown told the outlet.
Portland resident Quinn Brown stumbled across the gold-and-purple jacket during a January go to to a Goodwill Outlet store in Hillsboro after another shopper briefly picked it up before placing it back. Fox12
Brown said he paid just $3.07 for the jacket and suspected it may be one thing particular, prompting him to post a photograph of it on Instagram.
The image caught the eye of Sotheby’s, which organized for the jacket to be shipped to New York for authentication through SIA Photo Match.
“They said your jacket has been matched to the 1972 NBA Finals. I knew the NBA Finals jersey sold for $4.9 million. That’s the jersey he wore under my jacket,” Brown explained.
Sotheby’s said the jacket was also photo-matched to photographs of Chamberlain carrying it during the 1972-73 NBA season.
The image caught the eye of Sotheby’s, which organized for the jacket to be shipped to New York for authentication. Instagram/@quinn.c.brown
Brown started reselling thrifted objects while he was a high college junior and has since turned the passion into a full-time business, finishing more than 10,000 gross sales over the past three years.
He said he still spends between 15 and 20 hours each week looking out through Goodwill Outlet bins in hopes of uncovering another hidden gem.
Brown started reselling thrifted objects while he was a high college junior and has since turned the passion into a full-time business, finishing more than 10,000 gross sales over the past three years. Fox12
“I got so lucky with my Wilt Chamberlain jacket, and it’s an amazing feeling to find something like this. I was just doing this because I enjoy it, never expecting anything like that,” Brown said.
“I am a Lakers fan. I have a Wilt Chamberlain book on my dresser, a Wilt Chamberlain card that was a gift from my friend, and I’m hoping to find some vintage Wilt Chamberlain shirts to wear,” he said.
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Brown said he plans to save the proceeds from the sale and hopes the windfall will finally permit him to retire early. Instagram/@quinn.c.brown
Brown said he plans to save the proceeds from the sale and hopes the windfall will finally permit him to retire early.
Hayley Platt, public relations supervisor for Goodwill Industries, explained, “Quinn’s story is the proper instance of how searching for treasures at Goodwill is thrilling and, in this occasion, just magical.
Bidding opened Wednesday and is scheduled to run through July 20.
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