Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan Basketball Card Anticipated to Promote for $6M

Sports activities followers with deep pockets are presently in a bidding warfare over a one-of-a-kind Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant basketball card anticipated to promote for over $6 million.

Take a look at the cardboard — it is from the 2007-08 Higher Deck Beautiful Assortment and options autographs from every basketball legend alongside completely different NBA emblem patches. Kobe’s signature parallels a blue, white and pink patch, whereas Michael’s patch is gold and white.

The distinctive card is up for grabs on Heritage Auctions’ website and has a bid of simply over $5 million as of Saturday morning … with the ultimate public sale worth anticipated to be at the least $6.1 million.

The cardboard’s colossal demand is not any shock, Chris Ivy, Heritage’s Director of Sports activities Auctions, mentioned in an announcement.

He added … “The Twin Logoman card provided on this public sale is the one instance created that features solely Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, making it probably the most sought-after instance of the unbelievable Higher Deck Logoman collection, and due to Kobe Bryant’s tragic demise in 2020, it all the time would be the just one.”

He individually tells TMZ the cardboard’s consignor obtained a number of robust 7-figure gives to promote it privately, so he is “assured that it may, and almost certainly will, set up a brand new world document when the ultimate bid is positioned at public sale.”

As you recognize, Kobe and his daughter Gianna had been among the many 9 folks killed in a helicopter crash in California again in 2020.

Michael was a six-time NBA champion and a five-time MVP with the Chicago Bulls, retiring in 1993 earlier than coming again to the NBA 2 extra occasions. He retired for the third and ultimate time in 2003 after 2 seasons with the Washington Wizards.

The cardboard is a part of Heritage’s Summer season Platinum Night time Sports activities Public sale, which is able to formally happen between August 23 and 24. It is going to surpass the present public public sale basketball card record-holder — a uncommon Luka Doncic rookie card that bought in 2022 for $3.12 million with the customer’s premium.