Spring 2020 Premium Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/20/2020
The late Kobe Bryant, who will be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame, closed out his legendary career in 2016. Coming straight out of Lower Merion High School outside of Philadelphia, Bryant finished his stellar career with five NBA championships, two NBA Finals MVPs, one NBA MVP, was an 18-time All-Star, an 11-time All-NBA First Team selection, and is the all-time leading scorer in Lakers history. Bryant’s 2014-15 season was cut short by injuries, limiting him to 35 games, but Bryant wore this white Adidas Climacool soft mesh jersey during the January 4, 2015 game against the Indiana Pacers.
Bryant dropped 20 points, with six assists and six rebounds in the Lakers 88-87 victory. The Lakers wore these white jerseys on Sunday home games and Bryant wore this Size 4XL (LENGTH +4”) jersey in those games. This partial mesh jersey has the Adidas tag and NBA Authentics tag with the code “LLA02699” sewn on the bottom front tail. “LAKERS” and “BRYANT” are sewn on in purple and yellow tackle twill while his number 24 is sewn on the front and back in purple mesh with yellow embroidered outlines on a white tackle twill backing. The collar and open arms are edged with a thin purple band and each side has a thick yellow vertical stripe outlined in purple and yellow. The NBA logo is embroidered at the base of the neck above “BRYANT” and the back collar has a ribbed purple band with a 1 x 1 ½ inch gold patch sewn on the outside and inside that has the “16x” marking for the franchise’s 16 NBA titles. Adding to this already impressive gamer is the silver marker signature of Kobe diagonally on the “2” on the back. This jersey comes with a LOA from the MeiGray Group (LLA02699) for the game use and have photo matched this jersey to the January 4, 2015 game. There is also a LOA from Beckett Authentication for the signature.
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