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Kobe Bryant’s gold ring gifted to mum sells for $206,080 at recent auction

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Late basketball legend, Kobe Bryant’s first-ever championship gold ring which he gave to his mother as a gift, has been sold for $260,080 at a recent Auction.

Kobe, popularly called Black Mamba in the National Basketball Association (NBA), died in an helicopter crash alonfside his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other passengers last January.

Following his victory with the Lakers in the 1999-2000 NBA championship, Bryant purchased the 14-karat gold and diamond ring for his mother, Pamela.

It was also reported that he gifted another for his father, Joe, also to commemorate his triumph of two decades ago.

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The ring was sold by Goldin Auction after a private collector (who bought some memorabilia that included the rings from Pamela and Joe in 2013) at a staggering sum of $260,080.

Meanwhile, the ring gifted to Joe Bryant is also expected to be up for auction.

While alive, Bryant won an Oscar for best short animated film in 2018 for Dear Basketball, a five-minute film based on a love letter to the sport he had written in 2015.

And apart from being an 18-time All-Star with five NBA championships, Bryant was also a two-time Olympic gold medalist with Team USA.

By Oluwakemi Adelagun…

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