The sale, which took place on April 24, established a new record for any Kobe Bryant jersey, substantially exceeding the previous high mark of $5.85 million paid for a jersey from his 2008 MVP season.

Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard, is in a legal spat with his mother and an auction house in New Jersey that is selling over 100 items from his early basketball career.

(CNN) — The jersey Kobe Bryant wore in his NBA debut sold for $7 million in auction on Thursday. Per auction house Sotheby’s, the sale sets a record for any memorabilia tied to the Los Angeles ...

This Bryant rookie jersey last sold for $115,242 at an auction back in 2012. "Debut games are truly one-of-a-kind moments in an athlete's career," Sotheby's head of modern collectibles Brahm ...

April 25 (Reuters) - A Kobe Bryant jersey worn during his Los Angeles Lakers pre-season and regular-season debuts was sold for $7 million at Sotheby's in New York City on Thursday, the auction ...

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The jersey Kobe Bryant wore in his NBA debut sold for $7 million in auction on Thursday. Per auction house Sotheby’s, the sale sets a record for any memorabilia tied ...

The $7 million figure surpasses the previous record of $5.85 million paid for Bryant’s signed, game-worn jersey from the 2007-08 season in which he won his only NBA Most Valuable Player award.

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The jersey Kobe Bryant wore in his NBA debut sold for $7 million in auction on Thursday. Per auction house Sotheby’s, the sale sets a record for any memorabilia tied ...

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The jersey Kobe Bryant wore in his NBA debut sold for $7 million in auction on Thursday. Per auction house Sotheby’s, the sale sets a record for any memorabilia tied ...

The $7 million figure surpasses the previous record of $5.85 million paid for Bryant’s signed, game-worn jersey from the 2007-08 season in which he won his only NBA Most Valuable Player award.