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Posted On: June 2nd 2026, 08:31 pm
As we approach the Knicks’ first appearance in the NBA finals since 1999, fans with the misfortune of not being named Timothée Chalamet or Spike Lee have been cursing the gut-punching ticket prices for the team’s home games at Madison Square Garden.
But tickets are not the only Knicks commodity to have peaked during the team’s providential playoff run. The market for vintage Knicks apparel has soared, as have the prices. Over the weekend on eBay, a tee from the 1999 finals sold for $350. What is the obsession with vintage merch?
"To wear a tee from the ’90s or the ’00s is to demonstrate (genuinely or not) that you have been with the team through the good times and the bad," our fashion reporter, Jacob Gallagher, wrote. In his latest The Fashions newsletter, @jacobwgallagher talked to vintage clothing sellers in New York about keeping up with the demand. Tap the link in our bio to read the full story and subscribe to The Fashions. Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE, via Getty Images
But tickets are not the only Knicks commodity to have peaked during the team’s providential playoff run. The market for vintage Knicks apparel has soared, as have the prices. Over the weekend on eBay, a tee from the 1999 finals sold for $350. What is the obsession with vintage merch?
"To wear a tee from the ’90s or the ’00s is to demonstrate (genuinely or not) that you have been with the team through the good times and the bad," our fashion reporter, Jacob Gallagher, wrote. In his latest The Fashions newsletter, @jacobwgallagher talked to vintage clothing sellers in New York about keeping up with the demand. Tap the link in our bio to read the full story and subscribe to The Fashions. Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE, via Getty Images
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