Kobe Rookie Uniform - I refuse to believe it!

[kudu]

Re: Kobe Rookie Uniform - I refuse to believe it!

I am not a basketball guy so I am not commenting on the authenticity of the item. However, I have seen jerseys from this year on NBA Auctions go for over 10k. These are regular season jerseys from a nonextraordinary year in Kobe's career. He is unlikely to be MVP or anything. Finals uniforms sell north of 20k. He has been to the Finals seven times and has worn who knows how many jerseys therein. Those are far from rare. Rookie jerseys are much rarer. They did not wear as many back then and companies like Meigray were not auctioning them so who knows where most ended up. Plus it was one of the first jerseys he wore in a top ten ever career. Unless Lebron starts winning rings Kobe is the player of this era love him or hate him. That price is not that crazy. And the Ebay fee is $50 I believe as Ebay has a maximum fee once you start to hit the big numbers. They don't take 15-20% like an auction house would.

It looks like the auction was a Buy It Now/Best Offer, so the Final Value Fee would be (according to Ebay website) " 12.0% of the initial $50.00, plus 6.0% of the next $50.01 - $1,000.00, plus 2.0% of the remaining final sale price balance ($1,000.01 - final sale price)".

The $50 max is for Auction Style Listings.

http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html

[mmonte4]

Re: Kobe Rookie Uniform - I refuse to believe it!

based on the current market value of $20-26k....this is an absolute steal!

http://www.paragonauctionsite.com/LotDetail.aspx?lotid=20&searchby=0&searchvalue=None&page=0&sortby=0&displayby=2&lotsperpage=50&category=16

[nickacs]

Re: Kobe Rookie Uniform - I refuse to believe it!

Agreed... I know Dan is "the man" when it comes to Lakers stuff, but $20k or $26k for a Kobe jersey with no documentation is downright crazy. Hells, I guess if you have the cash like Meigray's favorite auction winner JTNbafan, why not..

[sportscentury]

Re: Kobe Rookie Uniform - I refuse to believe it!

You cannot compare this to Meigray auctions taking place on nba.com - they are in a league of their own. A game worn MJ rookie jersey went for 15k a year or so ago on GFC, so you're going to tell me a kobe rookie goes for $26k through ebay....no way. Dan has had this jersey listed well over a year on ebay and no one has bit because the price is no where near market value. Its so rare that he has immediately listed another one for $20k....haha. Insane. Run the listing auction style without shill bids, and I bet my life it doesn't go for over 10k.

Pure speculation, but is the $26k "sale" being used to drive up the perceived market value on his second offering?

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[mmonte4]

Re: Kobe Rookie Uniform - I refuse to believe it!

I am not a basketball guy so I am not commenting on the authenticity of the item. However, I have seen jerseys from this year on NBA Auctions go for over 10k. These are regular season jerseys from a nonextraordinary year in Kobe's career. He is unlikely to be MVP or anything. Finals uniforms sell north of 20k. He has been to the Finals seven times and has worn who knows how many jerseys therein. Those are far from rare. Rookie jerseys are much rarer. They did not wear as many back then and companies like Meigray were not auctioning them so who knows where most ended up. Plus it was one of the first jerseys he wore in a top ten ever career. Unless Lebron starts winning rings Kobe is the player of this era love him or hate him. That price is not that crazy. And the Ebay fee is $50 I believe as Ebay has a maximum fee once you start to hit the big numbers. They don't take 15-20% like an auction house would.

You cannot compare this to Meigray auctions taking place on nba.com - they are in a league of their own. A game worn MJ rookie jersey went for 15k a year or so ago on GFC, so you're going to tell me a kobe rookie goes for $26k through ebay....no way. Dan has had this jersey listed well over a year on ebay and no one has bit because the price is no where near market value. Its so rare that he has immediately listed another one for $20k....haha. Insane. Run the listing auction style without shill bids, and I bet my life it doesn't go for over 10k.

Pure speculation, but is the $26k "sale" being used to drive up the perceived market value on his second offering?

[mad87man]

Re: Kobe Rookie Uniform - I refuse to believe it!

for 5 grand more you could of had the warm up gear too. Sounds like the better deal to me lol.

[legaleagle92481]

Re: Kobe Rookie Uniform - I refuse to believe it!

I am not a basketball guy so I am not commenting on the authenticity of the item. However, I have seen jerseys from this year on NBA Auctions go for over 10k. These are regular season jerseys from a nonextraordinary year in Kobe's career. He is unlikely to be MVP or anything. Finals uniforms sell north of 20k. He has been to the Finals seven times and has worn who knows how many jerseys therein. Those are far from rare. Rookie jerseys are much rarer. They did not wear as many back then and companies like Meigray were not auctioning them so who knows where most ended up. Plus it was one of the first jerseys he wore in a top ten ever career. Unless Lebron starts winning rings Kobe is the player of this era love him or hate him. That price is not that crazy. And the Ebay fee is $50 I believe as Ebay has a maximum fee once you start to hit the big numbers. They don't take 15-20% like an auction house would.

[mbenga28]

Re: Kobe Rookie Uniform - I refuse to believe it!

well we're still riding off his MVP All Star performance so it doesn't surprise me prices are higher than normal.

[otismalibu]

Re: Kobe Rookie Uniform - I refuse to believe it!

Is the seller, GUF member DConLA?

http://www.gameuseduniverse.com/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=7671&page=17&highlight=kobe+bryant

[wchu9437]

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There's another one now just listed... for $20k.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300528435495&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en#ht_820wt_825

[wchu9437]

Re: Kobe Rookie Uniform - I refuse to believe it!

Wow, $26k? Unbelievable, if it is true. I would hate to be the person who'd have to pay that fee on ebay... on top of paypal's fees.

[mmonte4]

I refuse to believe a Kobe Rookie uniform sold on ebay for $26,000. If this went to auction, there is no way it gets more than $10k.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Kobe-Bryant-Lakers-Game-Used-Worn-Rookie-Jersey-Uniform-/300487461986?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45f672cc62#ht_750wt_907