Jersey worn by Kobe Bryant in rookie playoffs sold for $2.7M

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. –

A jersey used by Kobe Bryant in their rookie period, including two playoff games, has offered at auction for $2.73 million.

SCP Auctions said the buyer wished to remain anonymous as did the seller, who had the jersey for 25 years sunday. David Kohler of SCP Auctions had calculated the jersey through the 1996-97 period would fetch between $3 million and $5 million.

Another of Bryant’s rookie jerseys went for $3.69 million year that is last. That autographed, yellow game-worn jersey fetched the price that is highest ever for a basketball jersey.

The bidder that is winning time acquired the number 8 jersey Bryant wore for the la Lakers in regular-season victories during the old Forum on April 13, 1997, against Utah and April 17, 1997, against Sacramento. The jersey’s authenticity ended up being confirmed by separate authenticators, whom photo-matched it, Kohler said.

Bryant ended up being killed on Jan. 26, 2020, in a Ca helicopter crash which also took the everyday lives of their daughter that is 13-year-old Gianna seven others.