Published 11:52 IST, June 1st 2020

Michael Jordan's love letter to Amy Hunter sells for $25,703 at online auction

As per Action Network's Darren Rovell, the Amy Hunter and Michael Jordan love letter from 1989, which is 20 pages long, was sold for over $25,000 at an auction.

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Last month, a 20-p-long love letter from Michael Jordan dressed to n-actress Amy Hunter was being auctioned off by Iconic Auctions situated in Arizona. Two separate ncies identified handwriting as Jordan's. As per Action Network's Darren Rovell, letter was ultimately sold for $25,703.

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Amy Hunter and Michael Jordan love letter sells for over $25,000 at auction

love letter was one of more recent ditions to list of Michael Jordan memorabilia being sold. After release on Jordan's documentary Last Dance, various items related to NBA legend have been sold at auctions. Jordan's memorabilia has also set new records, as his rookie card sold for $97,200 while his game-used jersey went for $288,000. 

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Michael Jordan love letter was written 31 years ago and was dressed to an actress living in New York, called Amy Hunter. letter was aunticated by Beckett Auntication and James Spence Auntication. letter is postmarked for July 11, 1989, from Charlotte and has Jordan talking about difficulties ir relationship would face. He mentions making a mistake and mitting that he is a selfish person and about m t being able to have a 'pleasant relationship' as world would judge m. 

Amy Hunter and Michael Jordan love letter penned around 1989 Eastern Conference Finals against Pistons

auction house also revealed that while it is marked for July, six-time NBA champion probably wrote letter months before. stationary used is from  Guest Quarters Suite Hotel in Troy, Michigan, where Chicago Bulls legend stayed when y faced Detroit Pistons in  1989 Eastern Conference Finals in May. In letter, Jordan talks about all responsibilities he h to deal with, including child he h with Juanita Vay, who he referred to as a ly he loved for three and a half years. Jordan reportedly wrote letter two months before he married Juanita Vay while y both alrey h a son (Jeffrey Jordan), who was born in vember 1988. pair were married for deces and h two more children toger before divorcing in 2006. Jordan is currently married to Yvette Prieto.

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As per auctioneer Jeff Woolf, this is third time Michael Jordan love letter is being sold. As per reports, Amy Hunter was one who sold it to a private collector 17 years go, who n re-sold it at a 2014 auction. However, letter's full contents have never been disclosed to public. It was last bought for $2,560. Action Network h reached out to Jordan and Hunter after auction, but both of m refused to comment. Hunter previously also sold or letters and Jordan memorabilia to auction houses. Before this letter, a 1981 Michael Jordan love letter was sold for $5,100 and a poem he wrote in high school went for more than $3,000. 

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11:52 IST, June 1st 2020