2021 April Premium Card Auction Ending April 24
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/24/2021
Destined for stardom at a young age, the incomparable Kobe Bryant began to make waves in NBA circles with a series of legendary workouts and scrimmages against members of the Philadelphia 76ers while Bryant attended the local Lower Merion High School. Bryant, selected with the 13th pick of the 1996 NBA Draft, continued to dominate his NBA brethren over the course of the next 20 seasons, winning five NBA Finals championships and scoring 33,643 points as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. “The Black Mamba” was posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020.
Graded GEM MT 10 by PSA. Hall of Famer, in one of his most distinctive and visually inspiring Rookie Card appearances. Among a total of 241 copies recorded in PSA’s census reporting, only thirty-five have attained this top-tier assessment. A universally coveted and hotly pursued "Atomic Refractor" entry, in gleaming Gem Mint condition.