The legendary sauce was used on McJordan Burgers — named for the Chicago Bulls basketball star Michael Jordan. The promotional sandwich was sold in limited markets back in the 1990's when Jordan was leading the team to six NBA titles. He had the distinguished honor of being the first person to have a McDonald's sandwich named after him.
In New York, we never had a chance to savor Jordan's specialty sandwich but Mickey D's could have made a fortune with the McEwing Filet o' Fish back in the day.
Mort Bank, of Bismarck, saved the gallon jug of BBQ sauce after selling his two restaurants in 1996. He is almost as surprised at the national attention the story is getting as the five-figure profit he made.
"I had this barbecue sauce on the shelf for 20 years. It was in my basement and I would look at it occasionally," he said. "I thought it would be worth something someday."
Bank put the sauce on eBay and it read:
"A once in a lifetime chance to own the rarest of rare Michael Jordan and McDonald's collectible!"
The vintage bottle of sauce sold for $9,995 to a buyer from Chicago who was not identified. But Bank said it was not Jordan himself, who opened a steakhouse in Chicago last year.
"I'm sure he's a Bulls or Michael Jordan fan," said Bank. "And hopefully he's not going to put it on his ribs or his burger."
Bank claims he has at least three full storage units full of McDonald's collectibles — including numerous Happy Meal toys — and has been selling them for three years. He said he has sold items to collectors as far away as Japan, China and Brazil — but never for as much as the sauce.
"I'm pretty ecstatic," said Bank. "You never know what is going to be a hot item."
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