This Kobe Bryant Basketball Just Blew Away an All-Time Record at Auction

It brought in over half a million dollars.

BY AVA LEVINSON, NEWS WRITER

Kobe Bryant and teammate Shaquille O’Neal after winning the NBA Championship against Indiana Pacers in 2000. (Photo by AFP/AFP via Getty Images)

The basketball Kobe Bryant played with to win his first-ever NBA championship was just auctioned off for $508,000 at Sotheby’s. That makes it the most expensive championship-winning ball to date, according to the auction house. 

The ball