AFP
A Los Angeles Lakers jersey worn by Kobe Bryant throughout his solely MVP season in 2007-08 fetched $5.8 million at an public sale on Thursday, turning into the second-most costly basketball jersey ever offered, public sale home Sotheby’s stated.
Michael Jordan’s jersey from the opening recreation of the 1998 NBA Finals holds the document for the most costly piece of game-worn sports activities memorabilia in historical past after it offered for over $10 million in September additionally by way of Sotheby’s.
Bryant, an 18-times All Star and five-times NBA champion, died in a January 2020 helicopter crash that additionally killed his daughter and 7 others.
Sotheby’s web site stated the jersey was signed by Bryant and worn by him in 25 of his 82 video games that season, together with six playoff video games.
“The image of Kobe wearing this particular jersey during the NBA playoffs has permeated in popular culture, reprinted on murals, books, newspapers,” Brahm Wachter, Sotheby’s head of streetwear and trendy collectables, stated in a press release.
“(It) has become a symbol of his fierce determination and passion that has resonated with audiences across the world.”
