Kobe Bryant’s 2000 NBA Championship ring fetched almost $1 million at public sale, closing with a successful bid of $927,000. This sale units a brand new report for the most costly NBA title ring ever offered, based on Goldin, the auctioneer.
The ring commemorates Bryant’s first NBA Championship with the Los Angeles Lakers, based on the Each day Mail. Bryant’s 2000 NBA Championship ring surpassed the earlier report held by Invoice Russell’s 1957 championship ring with the Boston Celtics, which was auctioned in 2021.
Bryant’s ring was initially a present from him to his father, Joe ‘Jellybean’ Bryant. The ring was initially ordered by Bryant over 20 years in the past as a present for his father.
In line with Goldin, this ring is just not an govt model however the precise ring given to Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, and different Lakers gamers.
The Bryant household tried to promote the ring in 2013, however the determination was met with fierce criticism for doubtlessly devaluing NBA historical past.
Nevertheless, greater than a decade later, the sale lastly went via, with over 40 bids positioned on the ring adorned with 40 diamonds and that includes Bryant’s iconic No. 8.
Goldin didn’t disclose the title of the brand new proprietor of Bryant’s championship ring.
