Kobe Bryant jersey sale makes history with whopping $1.83 million price tag
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The Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant continues to command enormous attention, even years after his passing. A piece of his playing history has now reached a remarkable price at auction, setting a new milestone for collectors of basketball memorabilia.
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According to The Realest Auction, Bryant’s signed, game-worn No. 8 Lakers jersey from the 2003-04 season sold for $1.83 million on November 9, 2026. The sale established the highest publicly recorded auction price for a non-rookie Bryant No. 8 game-worn jersey and placed it among the five most expensive publicly auctioned jerseys from his NBA career. The jersey was also the only post-rookie No. 8 jersey with an NBA Finals patch to reach a public auction.
The jersey holds particular significance because it was worn across 17 documented games during Bryant’s final No. 8 season. Those appearances included all three of the Lakers’ Western Conference series-clinching victories over Houston, San Antonio and Minnesota during their 2004 postseason run. Los Angeles went undefeated in the eight playoff games in which Bryant wore it.
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Its auction history makes the result even more striking. The Lakers originally sold the jersey in December 2017 as part of a $20,000 package that included a signed No. 24 team-issued jersey. The No. 8 jersey’s latest price alone is 91.5 times the original package’s purchase price.
The sale further strengthens The Realest’s reputation in the sports memorabilia market, coming after its $2.05 million auction of Shohei Ohtani’s game-worn Dodgers jersey from his MLB debut in Japan. Kobe Bryant’s jersey sale also underscores the enduring value of collectibles tied to some of the biggest names in sports.
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