A uniform worn by the late Kobe Bryant, who played an active part in the NBA, was sold at an American auction for $5,849,700 (approximately 7.36 billion won).
ESPN, an American sports media outlet, said on the 10th, “The signed jersey worn by Bryant during the 2007-2008 season, when he was named MVP, was sold for $5,849,700 at a Sotheby’s New York auction.” , the second most expensive auction price of all time for a basketball jersey,” it reported.
Bryant, who debuted with the LA Lakers in 1996, left numerous records until his retirement in 2016, including 5 league championships, 2 championship MVPs, 1 regular league MVP, 18 All-Star selections, and 4 All-Star MVPs. He died suddenly in a helicopter accident.
Bryant’s uniform, which was awarded at the auction, was worn in 25 of the 82 regular league games in the 2007-2008 season, when he was the only regular league MVP, and was also worn in the playoffs and conference finals. 온라인카지노
The record for the most expensive basketball jersey ever sold at an auction was the one worn by Michael Jordan in the first leg of the 1998 championship game in September of last year, which was sold at 12.7 billion won in Korean money, 10.1 million dollars at the time.
This is also the highest-ever record among sports-related auctions excluding sports cards.
ESPN said, “It’s not uncommon for sports-related auctions to exceed $5 million, excluding sports cards.” In July, Muhammad Ali’s championship belt sold for $6.18 million.”
Also in 2019, the Olympic Declaration written in 1892 was sold for $8.8 million, and the uniform worn by Diego Maradona in the 1986 Mexico World Cup quarterfinal against England in May last year was sold for $9.28 million.