Michael Jordan sold this Ferrari in 2002; a forum clue traced it 24 years later

Jordan’s Ferrari 550 Maranello outside his former home in Illinois. Image Credit: JOOPITER Michael Jordan’s 1997 Ferrari 550 Maranello has resurfaced after spending nearly 24 years out of public view. Jordan sold the red Ferrari through an Illinois dealership in December 2002, after driving it during the final championship years of his Chicago Bulls career. For years, its whereabouts remained unknown, turning the car into one of the better-known missing celebrity Ferraris. Its trail was eventually picked up through a partial chassis number found on an old online forum, which helped researchers identify the car and trace it to California in 2026.How Michael Jordan’s Ferrari vanished for 24 yearsThe story began on 29 May 1997, when Jordan took delivery of the Ferrari 550 Maranello through Foreign Cars Italia in Greensboro, North Carolina. The JOOPITER account of the car records chassis 108712 as having been delivered to Jordan on that date, with the factory warranty booklet still carrying his signature and Durham, North Carolina address.Just over two weeks later, the Ferrari became part of one of the most recognisable scenes from Jordan’s final championship years. On 13 June 1997, he...