Paige Bueckers debut jersey sold $64,720

Paige Bueckers’ Dallas Wings debut jersey sold for $64,720, a record price for a WNBA jersey, according to reports published May 29 and May 30 citing memorabilia company MeiGray. The jersey was worn in Bueckers’ WNBA debut on May 16, 2025, against the Minnesota Lynx, when she scored 10 points in a Dallas loss. ESPN reported the sale on May 29, and the Connecticut Courant followed on May 31. The sale adds another market datapoint to the rising prices for authenticated women’s sports memorabilia. MeiGray, which photo-matches and authenticates game-worn items, said the Bueckers jersey was taken and authenticated after the game. Barry Meisel, president of the MeiGray Group, told ESPN the company authenticated the jersey “right off Paige’s back” after the debut. (espn.com) ### Which jersey sold, and from what game? May 16, 2025 was the date of the game tied to the sale. Bueckers wore the jersey in her first WNBA appearance for the Wings against Minnesota, according to ESPN and Yahoo Sports. Yahoo reported that Bueckers later said the price was “insane” to her. Dallas lost that game 99-84, and Bueckers finished with 10 points in 29 minutes, Yahoo reported. (espn.com) The jersey’s value came from the debut designation and the photo-matched authentication, not from a milestone stat line in the game itself. ### How big is $64,720 in the WNBA memorabilia market? The previous record for a WNBA jersey sale was $32,150 for an A’ja Wilson jersey worn in Games 1 and 2 of the 2025 WNBA Finals, ESPN reported. (espn.com) Yahoo separately said the Bueckers result was more than double that figure. ESPN reported that MeiGray described the Bueckers jersey as the highest price paid for a WNBA jersey and said it was believed to be the most expensive photo-matched item in women’s sports memorabilia. (sports.yahoo.com) Yahoo attributed the same broader claim to MeiGray. The highest public sale for a women’s sports collectible overall remains Billie Jean King’s 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” racket, which sold for $125,000 at Bonhams in 2017, according to ESPN and Yahoo. (espn.com) ### Who handled the sale? MeiGray was the seller cited in both ESPN and Yahoo Sports. ESPN described MeiGray as a photo-matching and authentication company with a marketplace, and said the company has WNBA memorabilia partnerships with the Wings, the Las Vegas Aces and the Golden State Valkyries. Barry Meisel told ESPN that demand for authenticated women’s sports items has broadened. “The interest is robust, it’s growing, and it’s not speculative anymore,” he said. (espn.com) ESPN also cited other recent sales, including two Sabrina Ionescu jerseys that brought more than $20,000. ### What did Bueckers say about it? (espn.com) Bueckers reacted with surprise when asked about the sale, according to Yahoo Sports. “That’s insane to me,” she said, before adding: “I wouldn’t even pay $10 for my own jersey.” Yahoo reported that Bueckers also said she was honored by the record because “so many people after you are going to do it.” That comment placed the sale in the context of a broader market for women’s sports memorabilia, though the valuation claim itself came from MeiGray and the reported auction result. (espn.com) ### What comes next in this market? (sports.yahoo.com) The next benchmark may come from another star’s first game-worn items reaching the market. Yahoo noted that Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark had not yet had a game-worn jersey hit the market at the time of its report. MeiGray and other auction houses, including Sotheby’s, continue to run regular sales of authenticated basketball memorabilia. (sports.yahoo.com)