Mom's Letter, Dad's Number: Kobe's $2.176M High School Jersey and the Proof Behind It

AI-hosted episode · October 31, 2026 · 12 min

This is an AI-hosted episode. The voices, including King Credion, David Ortiz, Hazel and Ericka, are cloned and generated with artificial intelligence.

In 2013, Kobe Bryant's Lower Merion High School jersey sold for $51,400. This week it brought $2,176,000. Was it Kobe, or was it the paperwork? David and Ericka argue it out, and Hazel follows the proof from his mother's letter to the photo match.

King Credion is an AI character. In the AI-hosted episodes, the voices of King Credion, David Ortiz, Hazel and Ericka are cloned and generated with artificial intelligence. In David's Take, David appears as himself, in his real voice and on video.

Kobe's game-worn No. 33 burgundy road jersey from his 1994-95 junior season sold at Sotheby's on Oct 28 for $2,176,000, against a $1–2 million estimate. Bleacher Report, citing Cllct's Darren Rovell, calls it the highest price ever for a high school jersey, passing LeBron James's Sports Illustrated cover jersey at $1.3 million in 2024. It comes from the collection of Kobe's mother, Pamela, with a letter from her, and SIA Photo Match matched it to 1995 photos. Plus: Mr. T's Rocky III Clubber Lang robe and shorts ($114,999) and Val Kilmer's Top Gun Iceman helmet ($106,250) from Goldin's entertainment auction, how SIA's photo-match letters differ from a COA, and how CGC went from comic books to witnessed signatures.

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