Bryant’s purple and yellow jersey number 24 from the 2007/2008 season was sold by auction house Sotheby’s.
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The purple and yellow jersey with the number 24 from the 2007/2008 season was auctioned off by auction house Sotheby’s. Bryant died in a helicopter crash with one of his daughters in 2020.
EThe basketball jersey worn by Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash in 2020, for the Los Angeles Lakers fetched $5.8 million at auction. The purple and yellow jersey with the number 24 from the 2007/2008 season was the most valuable piece related to Bryant at the auction on Thursday, said the auction house Sotheby’s. It’s the second most valuable basketball jersey in history, behind a legend Michael Jordan’s shirt that sold for over $10 million at auction.
The then 41-year-old basketball star Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people died in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles in January 2020. They had been on their way to a girls’ basketball tournament.