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President Obama's Basketball Jersey On The Block At Dallas-Based Heritage Auctions

Heritage Auctions via Associated Press
Heritage Auctions is auctioning off a Punahou High School basketball jersey worn by former student Barack Obama.

has a collectible sports jersey up for auction through Saturday. As of Friday afternoon the

Sports junkies and certain political gurus might be equally interested in this one.

President Barack Obama was famous for his pick-up games, but there was a time he played on a state championship basketball team; and what's believed to be his high school jersey is now up for bid at Dallas-based Heritage Auctions.

A fellow student at  â€” a prestigious Honolulu prep school — grabbed the jersey back when it was destined for the trash. Peter Noble was three years behind Barack Obama.

Heritage Auctions says the jersey perfectly matches a yearbook photograph of Obama in uniform, down to the size label and a few small stains.

The future president wore the number 23 — just like Michael Jordan and LeBron James.

Results of the will be announced Sunday.

Courtney Collins has been working as a broadcast journalist since graduating from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 2004. Before coming to ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº in 2011, Courtney worked as a reporter for NPR member station WAMU in Washington D.C. While there she covered daily news and reported for the station’s weekly news magazine, Metro Connection.