Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary made waves for wearing the 2004 Upper Deck Exquisite All NBA Access Pass, affectionately known as a Triple Logoman, at the 98th Academy Awards red carpet on Sunday. It features game-used NBA logo patches worn by Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant.
O’Leary had the 1-of-1 numbered, PSA 10-graded card slab — the first year Triple Logoman cards were produced — inserted into a bespoke Tiffany’s & Co. case, with “2.2 pounds of white gold,” diamonds and rubies embedded, and affixed to a chain. O’Leary also wore a custom-made Dolce & Gabbana jacket that, by his own admission, , stitched by multiple people.
The Jordan/James/Bryant Triple Logoman from the 2004 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection has never been to auction, but one of O’Leary’s business partners, Matt Allen it in 2019 with the help of Goldin Auctions’ Ken Goldin in a private purchase.
Sunday didn’t mark the first time O’Leary has donned a seven-plus-figure sports card as a fashion statement.
In early March’s Actor Awards, O’Leary the 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman Autographs Michael Jordan & Kobe Bryant card encased by Tiffany’s & Co. into a holder featuring 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 Heritage Auctions last August — a record paid for a sports card.
O’Leary attended the Oscars after playing Milton Rockwell in Marty Supreme, a wealthy businessman married to Gwenyth 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.
