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Obama basketball jersey sells for $120,000

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/reuters/08/20/jersey.jpg"/><figcaption>This undated handout photo from Heritage Auctions and obtained by AFP on August 19, 2019 shows a Punahou High School basketball jersey worn by former student Barack Obama during his senior year as part of the 1979 Hawaii State Champion boys&#x27; varsity basketball team. <em>Handout / Heritage Auctions / AFP</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>NEW YORK - A basketball jersey once owned by former US president Barack Obama sold Monday for $120,000, according to the Dallas auction house that sold it.</p><p>The number 23 jersey belonged to 18-year-old Obama while he was a senior at Punahou high school in Hawaii, where he lived at the time, according to Heritage Auctions.</p><p>The jersey was valued at $100,000 before it was sold.</p><p>Obama is a known basketball fan and was often seen playing during his tenure at the White House, with presidential staffers, celebrities or other guests.</p><div><strong>cat/AB/to/ft</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>NEW YORK - A basketball jersey once owned by former US president Barack Obama sold Monday for $120,000, according to the Dallas auction house that sold it.</p>

NEW YORK - A basketball jersey once owned by former US president Barack Obama sold Monday for $120,000, according to the Dallas auction house that sold it.