Old coaches have evidently turned into the new Picassos after a couple of b-ball shoes worn by Michael Jordan sold for almost $1.5m (£1.1m).

The white and red calfskin high-tops highlighting Nike’s famous swoosh set another record cost at sell off, affirming used shoes as opponents to artistic work.

The NBA whiz wore the shoes in the fifth round of his newbie season with the Chicago Bulls, that very year he and Nike started a long-running cooperation on a scope of shoes and garments. The coaches sold for $1,472,000 at an extravagance deal in Las Vegas.

It is the most noteworthy aggregate at any point paid for game-worn footwear from any game and beats a record set last year when one more pair of shoes worn by Jordan sold for $615,000 at a closeout by Christie’s.

Sotheby’s, the London-based sales management firm behind the record-breaking deal, affirmed that Jordan’s signed size 13s were in acceptable condition “with indications of court mileage”. The shoes were a gift from the player to Tommie Tim III Lewis, who was a ballboy for the Denver Nuggets during the 1984-85 season. The marked mentors were purchased by Nick Fiorella, a notable gatherer.

In April, Kanye West’s first pair of Yeezys – a couple of dark cowhide high-tops worn by the rapper to the Grammys in 2008 – sold for $1.8m at a private closeout, turning into the most costly pair of coaches at any point sold.