Kobe Bryant towels sold for more than $33,000 at auction


Kobe Bryant (Kobe Bryant) hugs his family after his last game with the Lakers on April 13, 2016

Lakers legend Kobe Bryant in the last game of his career last season After the game, I wiped my shoulders with a towel and finally sold for more than $30,000.

Iconic Auctions sold the towel for $33,077.16 on Sunday after receiving 16 bids. This marks the second time that towels have been auctioned. The fan, who pulled the towel off Bryant's shoulder after his retirement speech, sold the towel at an auction for $8,365 in 2016. Jeff Woolf, president of

Iconic Auctions, told CNN that David Kohler, a Lakers fan and memorabilia collector, had requested the bid.

On April 13, 2016, after scoring 60 points in a 101-96 victory over the Utah Jazz, Bryant put on a towel while giving a retirement speech. He ended his 20-year professional career, winning 5 NBA titles and 18 All-Star appearances.

Bryant and eight other people, including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas on January 26.