Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary made headlines on the 98th Academy Awards red carpet on Sunday wearing the 2004 Upper Deck Exclusive All NBA Access Pass, affectionately known as the Triple Logoman. It includes the game-used NBA logo patch worn by Michael Jordan, Lebron James And Kobe Bryant.
O’Leary had the numbered 1 of 1, PSA 10-graded card slab – the first year the Triple Logoman card was produced – inserted in a special Tiffany & Co. case, struck with “2.2 pounds of white gold,” set with diamonds and rubies, and affixed to a chain. O’Leary also wore a custom-made Dolce & Gabbana jacket, which, as he himself admitted, took seven months to makeStitched by many people.
The Jordan/James/Bryant triple logoman from the 2004 Upper Deck Exclusive Collection was never auctioned, but one of O’Leary’s business partners, Matt Allen acquired It was purchased in a private purchase in 2019 with the help of Ken Goldin of Goldin Auctions.
Sunday wasn’t the first time O’Leary has worn a seven-plus-figure sports card as a fashion statement.
At the Actors Awards in early March, O’Leary Was 2007-08 Upper Deck Exclusive Collection Dual Logoman Autograph Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant card by Tiffany & Co. set in a holder set with 101.32 carats of diamonds and 10 carats of rubies and white gold. Along with Allen and entrepreneur Paul Warshaw, the trio paid $12.9 million for it at a Heritage auction last August – a record paid for a sports card.
O’Leary won the Oscar after playing Milton Rockwell in Marty Supreme, a wealthy businessman who marries Gwyneth Paltrow’s Kay Stone.
Marty Supreme was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, Actor, Original Screenplay, Casting, Cinematography, Production Design, Editing, and Costume Design.
