{"id":307460,"date":"2026-10-15T20:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T20:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/307460\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T20:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T20:50:08","slug":"kobe-bryant-game-worn-lower-merion-hs-jersey-projected-to-sell-for-1m-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/307460\/","title":{"rendered":"Kobe Bryant Game-Worn Lower Merion HS Jersey Projected to Sell for $1M+ at Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">A piece of Kobe Bryant memorabilia is projected to be sold for an eye-popping price.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">A Bryant game-worn Lower Merion High School jersey is up for auction through <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/en\/buy\/auction\/2026\/before-the-mamba-kobe-bryants-lower-merion-high-school-jersey\/kobe-bryant-game-worn-lower-merion-high-school\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sotheby&#8217;s<\/a>, which estimated a sale of $1-2 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Bryant skipped college and went straight from Lower Merion to the NBA in 1996, and it was well-deserved. During his tenure, he led his alma mater to a 77-13 record and its first state championship in more than 50 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The late Bryant went on to become one of the greatest basketball players of all time, known for his &#8220;Mamba Mentality&#8221; that represented his unmatched dedication to his craft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Amid skyrocketing prices in the world of sports memorabilia collecting, it wouldn&#8217;t be a surprise to see someone surpass the projections for Bryant&#8217;s high school jersey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A piece of Kobe Bryant memorabilia is projected to be sold for an eye-popping price. A Bryant game-worn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[183,185,184,186],"class_list":["post-307460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lower-merion","tag-lower-merion","tag-lower-merion-headlines","tag-lower-merion-news","tag-lower-merion-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}