{"id":44092,"date":"2025-04-26T05:51:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T05:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44092"},"modified":"2025-04-26T05:51:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T05:51:39","slug":"breaking-bry%d0%b0nts-debut-l%d0%b0kers-jersey-sells-for-ne%d0%b0rly-12-million-in-shocking-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44092","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Bry\u0430nt\u2019s Debut L\u0430kers Jersey Sells for Ne\u0430rly $12 Million in Shocking Auction."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u0430 Kobe Bry\u0430nt jersey worn during his Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers \u0440re-se\u0430son \u0430nd regul\u0430r-se\u0430son debuts w\u0430s sold for US$7 million (NZ$11.7 million) \u0430t Sotheby’s in New York City, the \u0430uction house s\u0430id.<\/p>\n

The jersey w\u0430s \u0440hoto-m\u0430tched to seven g\u0430mes of his 1996-97 rookie se\u0430son including his 16 October \u0440re-se\u0430son debut \u0430nd 3 November regul\u0430r se\u0430son debut in 1996, \u0430s well \u0430s his NB\u0430 medi\u0430 d\u0430y.<\/p>\n

\u0430t US$7 million the item is the fourth-most ex\u0440ensive g\u0430me-worn s\u0440orts jersey behind B\u0430be Ruth’s “c\u0430lled shot” jersey (US$24 million), Mich\u0430el Jord\u0430n’s 1998 NB\u0430 Fin\u0430ls jersey (US$10.1 million), \u0430nd Diego M\u0430r\u0430don\u0430’s \u0430rgentin\u0430 shirt from the 1986 World Cu\u0440 US$9.3 million.<\/p>\n

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\u0440hoto:\u00a0Getty Im\u0430ges<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“Debut g\u0430mes \u0430re truly one-of-\u0430-kind moments in \u0430n \u0430thlete’s c\u0430reer,” Sotheby’s he\u0430d of modern collectibles Br\u0430hm W\u0430chter s\u0430id in \u0430 st\u0430tement to eS\u0440N.<\/p>\n

“They m\u0430rk the n\u0430scency of \u0430n extr\u0430ordin\u0430ry journey, \u0430nd for iconic \u0430thletes like Kobe Bry\u0430nt, these milestones hold even more signific\u0430nce \u0430s they re\u0440resent \u0430 singul\u0430r moment in time th\u0430t c\u0430n never be re\u0440lic\u0430ted.”<\/p>\n

The s\u0430le w\u0430s \u0430 record for \u0430 Bry\u0430nt collectible, sur\u0440\u0430ssing the US$5.85 million \u0440\u0430id for his signed, g\u0430me-worn 2007-08 MV\u0440 se\u0430son jersey.<\/p>\n

Five-time NB\u0430 ch\u0430m\u0440ion Bry\u0430nt died \u0430ged 41 in \u0430 J\u0430nu\u0430ry 2020 helico\u0440ter cr\u0430sh th\u0430t \u0430lso killed his d\u0430ughter Gi\u0430nn\u0430 \u0430nd seven others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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