One of the rare and signed jerseys of Kobe Bryant, the late American basketball legend, bearing the NBA Finals logo, was sold at auction for $1.8 million.
According to Bleacher Report, the number eight jersey belongs to the 2003-2004 season of the Los Angeles Lakers, which Bryant wore in 17 games of that season and eight playoff games.
The Lakers won 16 of the 17 games Bryant wore this jersey and won all eight playoff games.
D'Rells Auctions announced that this is Bryant's first number eight jersey from the Lakers' championship era and his only jersey with that number and the NBA Finals logo offered for sale to date.
This jersey belongs to the season that Bryant later described as the beginning of the formation of the famous "Black Mamba" character.
The Los Angeles Lakers sold this jersey after Bryant's jersey number was retired in 2017, and until the most recent auction, it had only one owner.