Kobe Bryant celebrates his three-pointer against the Nuggets in Game 2 of the NBA playoffs at Staples Center in 2008. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)
(CNN) --
Don't miss your chance to get an autographed Kobe Bryant jersey.
Sotheby's is putting up for auction a jersey from Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers MVP season, where it is expected to fetch $7 million.
The five-time NBA champion wore the signed jersey more than 25 times during the 2007-2008 season.
In fact, it's the same one he's wearing in the already iconic photo in which he grabs his jersey and screams with excitement after getting a 14-point lead over the Denver Nuggets in Game 2 of the Western Conference first-round series. .
Kobe Bryant's iconic Lakers jersey will be up for auction.
"This jersey has influenced popular culture in a way rarely seen in the sports community, becoming iconic and synonymous with the image of Kobe Bryant," Sotheby's said in a press release.
"The raw passion captured in photos has inspired artists and designers around the world (...). This jersey has been featured in countless murals and artworks depicting the late basketball sensation."
The jersey became "synonymous with Kobe's 'Mamba Mentality,'" Brahm Wachter, Sotheby's head of modern streetwear and collectibles, said in the statement.
"The fact that Kobe scored a total of 645 points in 8 months in this jersey, in his only MVP season, is just impressive."
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If the jersey sells for the $5 million to $7 million price Sotheby's estimates, it would be the highest price ever paid for a Bryant jersey, the auction house said.
The other highly sought-after jersey is Michael Jordan's from the 1998 NBA Finals, "The Last Dance," which sold for $10.1 million at Sotheby's auction in September 2022.
Bryant's jersey will be accompanied by a collection of photos, artwork, books and much more.
The lot will be open for bidding from February 2 to 9.
It will also be on public display at Sotheby's New York during the first week of February.
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