Kobe Bryant
Crazy sum for one of his last basketball jerseys
The jersey that Kobe Bryant wore in the last away game of his basketball career has now been auctioned off.
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Almost $500,000 for a piece of sports history: The jersey that Kobe Bryant wore in his last away game has been sold.
A souvenir of the late basketball legend Kobe Bryant (1978-2020) has found a new owner for a lot of money: As the US magazine “People” reports, the auction house SCP Auctions auctioned off the Lakers jersey with the number 24 as well as the matching shorts and shoes for a total of 485,197 dollars (around 450,000 euros).
Twenty people are said to have submitted bids at the auction for the basketball uniform that the athlete wore at the last away game of his career on April 11, 2016. The minimum bid was $50,000. The jersey and shorts were sold together for $366,967, while the Nike “Kobe 11 Elite Low” shoes sold for $118,230.
The auctioned jersey has this special feature
According to the auction house, the auctioned jersey has a special feature that makes it even more interesting for collectors: a microphone pocket in the front waistband of his pants so that Kobe Bryant could be equipped with a microphone during the game. “Most jerseys that are adapted to carry a microphone have this pocket along the inseam near the armpit. That may have been too uncomfortable for Bryant, so he decided to put it in his shorts instead. We know “This was one of Kobe’s favorite travel pants. He wore this solution in nine more games in the final two months of his farewell season.”
Kobe Bryant is considered one of the most successful and best basketball players of all time. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA throughout his professional career from 1996 to 2016. In January 2020, Bryant and his daughter Gianna died in a helicopter accident in Calabasas, near Los Angeles.