{"id":762365,"date":"2026-06-16T09:19:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/762365\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T09:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:19:18","slug":"taylor-swifts-courtside-seat-from-cavs-knicks-playoff-game-fetches-7k-at-auction-95-5-wsb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/762365\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift\u2019s courtside seat from Cavs-Knicks playoff game fetches $7K at auction \u2013 95.5 WSB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sitting courtside at an NBA playoff game can be pricey, but collectors can still own a bit of memorabilia from pro basketball\u2019s postseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The chairs that celebrities Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce and others sat in during Games 3 and 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals in Cleveland were sold at auction on Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7335793\/2026\/06\/14\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-cavs-nba-playoffs-seats\/?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7335793\/2026\/06\/14\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-cavs-nba-playoffs-seats\/?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\">The Athletic<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbradio.com\/news\/trending\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read more trending news <\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Cleveland Cavaliers and memorabilia company <a href=\"https:\/\/therealest.com\/item\/courtside-chair-used-during-eastern-conference-finals-game-ts\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/therealest.com\/item\/courtside-chair-used-during-eastern-conference-finals-game-ts\">The Realest<\/a> auctioned off the courtside chairs from Eastern Conference Finals Games 3 and 4 against the New York Knicks at Rocket Arena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In addition to the folding chairs used during Game 3 by Swift and Kelce, the auction company also sold the seats that were occupied by actor Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, businessKylie Jenner, actor Ben Stiller and rapper Machine Gun Kelly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Swift\u2019s chair had the most interest and sold for $7,000, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7335793\/2026\/06\/14\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-cavs-nba-playoffs-seats\/?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7335793\/2026\/06\/14\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-cavs-nba-playoffs-seats\/?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\">The Athletic<\/a> reported. According to the auction listing, <a href=\"https:\/\/therealest.com\/item\/courtside-chair-used-during-eastern-conference-finals-game-ts\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/therealest.com\/item\/courtside-chair-used-during-eastern-conference-finals-game-ts\">40 people bid<\/a> on the right to own the chair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The winning bid was the largest among celebrities. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7335793\/2026\/06\/14\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-cavs-nba-playoffs-seats\/?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7335793\/2026\/06\/14\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-cavs-nba-playoffs-seats\/?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\">The Athletic<\/a>, Jenner\u2019s chair from Game 4 was next at $1,505. Kelce\u2019s seat brought in $1,405, while a bidder paid $1,202 for the Game 4 chair used by Chalamet.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSR2TCNYGNBHBBPJN34KHWFNEQ.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/>Taylor&#8217;s chair: The chair used by the pop superstar during Game 3 of the NBA Eastern Conference final in Cleveland was sold at auction for $7,000. (The Realest) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Stiller\u2019s chair from Game 4 fetched $732, while longtime Cleveland resident Kelly\u2019s chair went for $635.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/therealest.com\/item\/courtside-chair-used-during-eastern-conference-finals-game-ts\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/therealest.com\/item\/courtside-chair-used-during-eastern-conference-finals-game-ts\">Realest<\/a> website, portions of the total proceeds from this item will benefit Heights Schools Foundation initiatives, to help students throughout the Cleveland Heights city school district thrive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Kelce, an Ohio native, grew up in the Cleveland Heights area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Cavaliers announced their partnership with The Realest in February, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7335793\/2026\/06\/14\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-cavs-nba-playoffs-seats\/?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7335793\/2026\/06\/14\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-cavs-nba-playoffs-seats\/?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\">The Athletic<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Los Angeles-based memorabilia company also has deals in place with the Philadelphia Eagles, MLS, the Big Ten, and the MLB Players Association. It was founded by Scott Keeney, who is better known as DJ Skee, according to the sports news website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sitting courtside at an NBA playoff game can be pricey, but collectors can still own a bit of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3772],"tags":[7,306,305,193,3846,6,11940,53979],"class_list":["post-762365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-basketball","tag-cavaliers","tag-cleveland","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-clevelandcavaliers","tag-nba","tag-taylor-swift","tag-the-life-of-a-showgirl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116759046907796876","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762365","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=762365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}