A 2003-04 Higher Deck Beautiful Assortment Emblems of Endorsements card of Kobe Bryant lately bought for $1.22 million, together with purchaser’s premium, with Goldin Auctions.
It is the third-highest public sale for a solo Bryant card of all time.
The cardboard is autographed in blue ink, numbered 8/15 and graded near-mint 8 by Beckett Grading Providers. It options two multicolored game-used patches lower from a then-No. 8 Bryant jersey.
In the identical Goldin public sale, the Bryant card was considered one of 4 playing cards to high $500,000. The others: A 2005 Topps Best SuperFractor die-cut Tom Brady card, which bought for $704,550; a 1997-98 Skybox Steel Universe Valuable Steel Gems Purple Michael Jordan card, which bought for $651,334; and a 1998 Pokémon Japanese Promo Holo Illustrator Pikachu card, which bought for $610,000.
The all-time report paid for a sports activities card nonetheless belongs to at least one that includes Bryant. A one-of-one numbered, on-card autographed Bryant/Jordan Twin Logoman, bought by Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary, mega-collector Matt Allen (higher generally known as Shyne150 within the accumulating house) and entrepreneur Paul Warshaw for $12.932 million final August.
