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Leaked police report reveals crazy value of Brady's stolen jersey

A Houston Police report has valued Tom Brady's stolen Super Bowl jersey at a small fortune.

According to the leaked police report, the “Shirt/Blouse/T-Shirt” is worth a cool $500,000.

Police have also listed the offence as a first degree felony, the most serious category of offences.

More than two weeks after the Patriots won Super Bowl LI, the 39-year-old's jersey is still missing.

Here's the police report originally obtained by TMZ.

The police report. Pic: TMZ
The police report. Pic: TMZ

Pretty big markup from the Brady jersey you can buy at the team store.

Some jerseys have been auctioned for more but most of them are almost a century old and worn by Babe Ruth, including a 1920 jersey that went for $4.4 million.

But Brady’s jersey is certainly valuable, and probably more valuable now that it has such a big story attached to it.

USA Today quoted Josh Evans, the founder and chairman of the auction website Lelands.com, as saying Brady’s jersey could sell for a million in an auction.

Before the theft, Evans said it might have been worth about $250,000.

Brady searches for his jersey. Pic: Getty
Brady searches for his jersey. Pic: Getty

The jersey is infamous due to the bold theft, and whoever has it owns a $500,000 (or more) article of memorabilia he or she can’t sell or display because it was obtained illegally. Smart.

Given that Brady wore that jersey as he won his record-setting fifth Super Bowl, he probably couldn’t even put a price on it, no matter how high that price is getting.

"I put it in the bag and I came out and it wasn't there anymore," Brady said the morning after the victory. "It's unfortunate because that's a nice piece of memorabilia.

"If it shows up on eBay somewhere, someone let me know so I can track that down."

Brady completed 43 of 62 throws for 466 yards -- all Super Bowl passing records -- and two touchdowns and guided New England from a 28-3 deficit in the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history.

With AAP