Some jerseys represent a season. Some carry an entire chapter of a career.
Kobe Bryant. No. 8. 2003–04.
Now up for auction at The Realest.
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The Realest (@THEREALESTCOM), the leading authentication and auction platform for game-worn sports memorabilia, today announced the auction of Kobe Bryant’s game-used, signed No. 8 Los Angeles Lakers jersey worn during at least 17 games, including eight NBA Playoff victories, during the 2003-04 NBA season. It is also the only #8 jersey to ever come to market featuring an NBA Finals Patch. https://t.co/Yw1LrlvAom
Every once in a while, an item comes through that you can feel the weight of before you even know the full story. This is one of those jerseys.
Worn across 17 games during the 2003–04 season, Kobe scored 472 points in this gold No. 8 while the Lakers went 16–1 overall and 8–0 in the playoffs, including every Western Conference series-clinching win on their way to the NBA Finals.
The only game-worn Kobe No. 8 jersey with an NBA Finals patch ever to come to market.
The Gold Mamba 💛🐍
Kobe debuted the Modern Home jersey design during his 1st Championship Season, 1999-00.
The jersey is closely associated with the Kobe/Shaq era.
He would wear the Modern 8 jersey for 6 seasons, through 2005-06, before switching to 24.
This offering at The Realest represents the ONLY known photomatched Kobe Gold 8 Modern Home jersey in the world.
Population of 1 for the card collectors! Just an extremely iconic piece - from an era when game worn was actual equipment!
This jersey saw 17 games of use - worn throughout Playoff basketball - a major attribute for this unicorn.
Cooper Flagg’s Rookie Debut Patch Auto 1/1 card sold for $8,040,000.
His ENTIRE jersey from the first half of his first career NBA game sold for $1,000,000.
How would you explain this to someone who doesn’t collect? 🤔
You don’t have to bid on Shohei Ohtani’s jersey to be part of its story!
We’re inviting everyone to predict its final auction price on our website.
The closest eligible guess will receive 1% of the final sale price.
It’s a way for the whole community to follow the auction, make a call, and have a stake in the outcome.