{"id":760986,"date":"2026-06-14T17:03:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T17:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/760986\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T17:03:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T17:03:38","slug":"taylor-swifts-game-used-nba-courtside-seat-how-much-would-you-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/760986\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift’s Game-Used NBA Courtside Seat: How Much Would You Pay?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNBA<\/a> Finals courtside tickets sold for more than $100,000 as the New York Knicks pushed for their first NBA championship since 1973, a feat clinched Saturday night<\/a>. In Madison Square Garden, much of the front row was occupied by celebrities, including Taylor Swift<\/a>, who attended Game 4.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Sunday, the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a>, who the Knicks defeated in the conference finals, will soon find out how valuable those seats are\u00a0after\u00a0the games are done.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn partnership with authenticated memorabilia marketplace The Realest, Cleveland is auctioning the chair Swift sat in during the Cavs\u2019 Eastern Conference finals series against New York. As of Saturday evening, the top bid was $7,000. Travis Kelce\u2019s spot is also available, as are chairs used by Kylie Jenner, Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, Ben Stiller and Machine Gun Kelly.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019m definitely surprised at how much attention it\u2019s gotten,\u201d Cavaliers chief marketing officer Chris Kaiser said. Earlier this year, the team sold a seat used by LeBron James when the Lakers visited for $1,905. But the Cavs didn\u2019t stop there. For $245 more, a collector grabbed the grip powder LeBron used during his signature pre-game routine.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAnything that our authenticators can put their eyes on and mark, it\u2019s all fair game,\u201d Kaiser said.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe definition of sports memorabilia has expanded in recent years alongside a boom in collecting and the support of companies like The Realest, which has developed an expertise in authenticating off-beat items, from Lincoln Financial Field snow to a Ryder Cup rake. Kaiser is hopeful that the team\u2019s eye-catching offerings will also generate awareness of more traditional auction items. The highest price paid this year was for a James Harden jersey worn during his home debut with the team in February.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWorking with The Realest and selling the items directly will give fans more confidence in their authenticity, Kaiser said. The team is already considering in-arena activations, such as the ability to bid on a night\u2019s game-used ball up until the final buzzer. By this time next year, Kaiser said, he anticipates the Cavs\u2019 memorabilia offerings representing a mid-six-figure business.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDays after the virtual gavel bangs on Taylor Swift\u2019s chair, Cleveland will drop another collection of items. Coming up soon: the ceremonial sword several celebs and former players have held aloft as part of the team\u2019s pregame ceremonies.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs for what a fan might do with such a saber? That\u2019s up for the highest bidder to decide.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBA Finals courtside tickets sold for more than $100,000 as the New York Knicks pushed for their first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":760987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3772],"tags":[11802,7,306,305,193,3846,40211,6,11940],"class_list":["post-760986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-auctions","tag-basketball","tag-cavaliers","tag-cleveland","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-clevelandcavaliers","tag-collectibles","tag-nba","tag-taylor-swift"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116749546629498240","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=760986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/760987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}