Teenager finds a Wilt Chamberlain Los Angeles Lakers warm-up jacket at Goodwill

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https://www.wweek.com/culture/2026/0...llion-dollars/

Back in January, Portland teenager Quinn Brown found a Wilt Chamberlain Los Angeles Lakers warm-up jacket in the Goodwill Bins. It cost $3.07. Brown suspected it was the real deal, though, based on its worn appearance and some online photo-sleuthing. The stitch patterns seemed to match the jacket the NBA star wore during the 1972 Finals.

He was right.

The gold-and-purple short-sleeved jacket was professionally authenticated and it’s going up for auction at Sotheby’s New York starting July 1. It’s estimated it will fetch $150,000 to $250,000, according to the auction house, which calls the jacket “rare and significant.”

“This jacket is an extraordinary piece of memora

The authenticator, SIA Photo Match, matched the jacket in February to photos taken of Chamberlain during three Lakers games, including one game during the 1972 NBA Finals, a series in which the Lakers defeated the New York Knicks. Brown woke up to a message from Sotheby’s about the 1972 Finals photo match and immediately knew the value had just skyrocketed.

“That was the most exciting moment I’ve had in my life.”

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That is an amazing find! I wonder how it ended up at Goodwill?