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PORTLAND, Ore. \u2014 A 19-year-old bought a warmup jacket worn by Wilt Chamberlain during the 1972 NBA finals for $3.07 at an Oregon thrift store. Now it could fetch over $150,000 at auction.<\/p>\n

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Quinn Brown had been eyeing a massive bin of clothes at a Goodwill store outside Portland in January when he saw someone toss a Lakers jacket with Chamberlain\u2019s name on it back on the pile. Brown, who resells used clothes online, quickly grabbed it.<\/p>\n

The jacket is now on auction at Sotheby\u2019s. Bidding closes on Monday.<\/p>\n

Described on Sotheby\u2019s website as an \u201cextraordinary piece of memorabilia,\u201d the short-sleeved yellow warmup jacket was worn by Chamberlain during the 1972 NBA finals, in which the Los Angeles Lakers beat the New York Knicks.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI didn\u2019t even think that finding something like this was possible,\u201d Brown said. \u201cI got very, very lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chamberlain, an NBA Hall of Famer viewed as one of the all-time greats, played in the league from 1959 to 1973. He won two championship rings – one with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1967, and another with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1972. He holds the record for most points scored by a player in a single game, netting 100 points in a 1962 match.<\/p>\n

For the past three years, Brown has been reselling clothes online after finding them in thrift stores. The most expensive item he had sold previously was a T-shirt of Sub Pop Records, the indie label that signed Nirvana in 1989 and released the band\u2019s first album. It went for $250.<\/p>\n

After buying the Chamberlain jacket back in January, Brown searched online to see if it was worth something. He found a picture on Google of Chamberlain wearing such a jacket and compared it to the one he had.<\/p>\n

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In examining the Lakers patch on the front, he noticed certain small stitching details that matched the photo. He also looked up the measurements of a different jersey worn by Chamberlain, a towering figure at 7 feet, 1 inch tall, and discovered that they nearly aligned.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really just wanted to make sure, because it was so hard to believe at the time,\u201d he said, adding that he had only ever read about such serendipitous thrift findings.<\/p>\n

When he posted a photo of the jacket on social media, Sotheby\u2019s contacted him about consigning the jacket to the auction house. Brown agreed, and an armored van came to pick it up.<\/p>\n

Sotheby\u2019s then did its own photo verification and determined that the jacket was worn by Chamberlain during the 1972 finals, in which he was named the finals MVP.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhotomatching a piece of game-worn clothing to a specific Finals series, for a player of this era, is genuinely exceptional,\u201d Sotheby\u2019s website says. \u201cAs photomatched items worn by Chamberlain become exceedingly rare, this jacket is a piece of sports history.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is not the first Chamberlain item from the 1972 finals to fetch a hefty sum under the hammer: A game jersey he wore during the series sold for $4.9 million at Sotheby\u2019s in 2023, the fourth most expensive NBA jersey ever sold by the auction house.<\/p>\n

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Brown said he\u2019s excited to see how much the warmup jacket sells for.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was as good as it gets,\u201d Brown said of his thrifted find.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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