NEW YORK — A collection of sneakers that basketball superstar Michael Jordan wore when he and the Chicago Bulls won six NBA championships, garnered $8 million at auction, setting a new record for game-worn sneakers, Sotheby’s said.

According to a news report from The Associated Press, the six Air Jordan shoes — one apiece from the last games of the 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 and 1998 series — were sold on Friday. Sotheby’s dubbed it the “Dynasty Collection.”

“Serving as both a reminder of Michael Jordan’s lasting impact on the world and a tangible expression of his recognised legendary status, its significance is further validated by this monumental result,” Brahm Wachter of Sotheby’s said in a statement.

AP News said Sotheby’s didn’t identify the buyer and described the seller only as “a private American collector” who obtained them from a longtime Bulls executive.

According to Sotheby’s, Jordan first gave a sneaker to the executive after the championship-winning game in 1991 and continued the tradition afterward, according to Sotheby’s. The auction lot included photos of Jordan wearing a single shoe as he celebrated the 1992, 1993, 1996 and 1998 wins.

The pair he wore in the second game of the 1998 NBA Finals was sold through Sotheby’s last April for $2.2 million, a record for a pair of sneakers. The highest auction price for any Jordan memorabilia was $10.1 million for his jersey from the first game of that series, according to Sotheby’s, which sold it in 2022.