Kobe Bryant’s Game-Worn Jersey Value Soars 4,133% in 13 Years After Record-Setting Auction

Thirteen years ago, Kobe Bryant’s game-worn Lower Merion High School jersey sold for $51,400. This week, it went for more than $2 million. The maroon No. 33 jersey from Bryant’s junior season sold for $2,176,000 at Sotheby’s on Wednesday, October 28, setting a new auction record for a high school basketball jersey. Fanatics Collect shared the result on X, noting it’s now the most expensive high school jersey ever sold at auction. It received 26 bids from seven bidders and blew past Sotheby’s pre-sale estimate of $1 million to $2 million.