A jersey that Kobe Bryant wore during his 1996-97 rookie season with the Los Angeles Lakers has sold for $7 million at an auction with Sotheby's on Thursday. The jersey was photo-matched to seven games in Bryant's rookie campaign, including in his preseason debut on Oct. 16, 1996, his regular-season debut on Nov. 3, 1996, and his NBA media day.

The jersey Kobe Bryant wore in his NBA debut sold for $7 million in auction on Thursday. Per auction house Sotheby’s, the sale sets a record for any memorabilia tied to the Los Angeles Lakers legend, who died in a helicopter crash in 2020 along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others.

The first Los Angeles Lakers jersey that Kobe Bryant wore during his NBA career sold for $7 million at a Sotheby's auction on Thursday, per Will Stern of cllct. According to Sotheby's, it set a new world record for any Bryant memorabilia sold at auction.