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Wilt Chamberlain Lakers jacket found by a teen at a thrift store fetches over $89,000 at auction

Teen's $3 thrift store find, Wilt Chamberlain's Lakers jacket, sells for nearly $90,000 at auction

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📍 The outcome

The Wilt Chamberlain Lakers jacket, bought by a teen for $3 at a thrift store, sold for nearly $90,000 at auction. The jacket, an NBA Finals warm-up jacket, was sold at Sotheby's auction. The teen's find was reported to have fetched $89,000 to $89.6K in various sources.

Epilogue added 42d ago, after coverage quieted.

The brief

⚡ Executive Intelligence Takeaways Corroborated across 13 independent newsrooms
  • Velocity & Diffusion: Coverage escalated across 13 distinct news outlets with 14 published articles, achieving a live velocity of 13.
  • Primary Driver: Teen's $3 thrift store find, Wilt Chamberlain's Lakers jacket, sells for nearly $90,000 at auction
  • Predictive Outlook: Newsylist algorithmic models forecast this story will remain a dominant headline through tomorrow.
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A teenager found a Wilt Chamberlain Lakers jacket at a thrift store for $3 and sold it for nearly $90,000 at auction.

Coverage emphasizes the rarity and value of the find, with outlets like The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and ESPN reporting on the story. The jacket was sold at a Sotheby's auction.

The teenager's discovery and sale have generated significant interest, with many outlets covering the story, including WMUR, LiveNOW from FOX, and KPTV.

Synthesized by Newsylist from the headlines below under a strict no-invention contract. Updated 42d ago.

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Quick answers

How much did the teenager pay for the jacket?

$3

How much did the jacket sell for at auction?

nearly $90,000

Where did the teenager find the jacket?

a thrift store

Where was the auction held?

Sotheby's

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