Kobe Bryant's 2000 NBA Championship Ring Sold for Record Price

The 2000 NBA championship ring given by Kobe Bryant to his father Joe, a former player in Rieti, Reggio Calabria, Pistoia, and Reggio Emilia between 1984 and 1991, was sold at auction for 760 thousand dollars, a figure that, adding the rights due to the seller (the auction house Goldin), reaches 927,200 dollars (about 860,000 euros). This is the ring won by the former American champion in 2000, also the first of the 5 titles won by Kobe with the Los Angeles Lakers, at the time when his jersey number was 8. CBS and the online edition of the 'Los Angeles Times' also report that during the auction the ring received 43 bids (16 in the last 22 minutes) and the winning bid is the highest price ever paid for an NBA champion ring. The previous record was the total 705 thousand dollars paid for the 'Ring' of champion of 1957 belonging to the center of the Boston Celtics Bill Russell.