2017 October Legends Closing November 11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/12/2017
By leading his teams to his seventh consecutive NBA Finals in 2017, LeBron James is already drawing comparisons to the likes of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Bill Russell as the greatest NBA champions of all time. James has also won four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, three NBA Finals MVP Awards, two Olympic gold medals, an NBA scoring title, and the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. In his third NBA season in 2005-06, the year this jersey was used, ‘King James’ averaged a career high 31.4 points per game leading the Cavaliers to a 50-32 record and reaching the second round of the playoffs.
This dark red mesh 2005-06 road jersey worn by James has “CLEVELAND” sewn on across the front with a large “C” and with his number “23” sewn on below in white and gold tackle twill. The left shoulder contains the embroidered NBA logo, while the lower front tail has the “REEBOK” manufacturers tag with attached “2005-2006” year and “+2 LENGTH” flags. The back of the jersey has his name “JAMES” stitched across the back with the number “23” below and a “C” above his name, all in white and gold tackle twill. The sides of the jersey have a thick Spandex gold stripe edged with red and white stripes. The neck and sleeve openings have a ribbed gold and navy blue border with the v-neck collar having a gold triangle with a red “C” embroidered.
This is one of the finest game used LeBron James jerseys in the secondary market showing moderate to heavy use and coming with full LOA from Mears, who have graded this jersey a perfect A10. It is one of only seven LeBron James game used jerseys to be graded an A10 in their database. In addition, the jersey comes with a letter from the original consignor of the jersey stating he received the jersey directly from a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers equipment team when he was the director of sales at PC Richard & Sons Electronic Company. The letter states the jersey was given to him in exchange for state of the art electronic equipment. This provenance was also referenced in the Mears letter of authenticity when they graded the jersey an A10.