She wanted to sell it when he was alive so she could get the money

Source: http://www.crazydaysandnights.net

She wanted to sell it when he was alive so she could get the money, but the permanent A list athlete wouldn’t let her.

It didn’t take the parental unit long after the athlete died to push it all out the door though and get some cash.

Seems overly tacky.

Pam Bryant

Kobe Bryant’s mother

Kobe Bryant memorabilia offered for auction includes game-worn sneakers, title ring

Three months after the tragic death of Kobe Bryant, nearly 100 items of Bryant memorabilia — including game-worn sneakers from the NBA Finals and a championship ring originally belonging to his mother, Pam Bryant — are being auctioned off.

The online auction, which ends May 16, features 86 items including sneakers, warm-ups, jerseys and a 14-karat gold ring with eight diamonds engraved with Bryant’s name to represent Team USA’s 8-0 record in the 2012 Olympics en route to the gold medal.

“There’s something for everyone,” Goldin said. “We expect the price points in here to go from as low as $500 to potentially over $100,000.”

The highest bid on any item currently is $28,000 for the black Adidas signature sneakers Bryant wore in the clinching Game 5 of the 2001 Finals against the Philadelphia 76ers. The lowest current bid is $125 for a basketball signed by Bryant.

Goldin Auctions ran into some controversy in 2013 when the New Jersey auction house sought to sell hundreds of items acquired from Bryant’s mother for $450,000. After legal action was threatened by Kobe Bryant, his parents came to a settlement with their son, auctioning off just six items — including the ring gifted to his mother following the Los Angeles Lakers’ 2000 title over the Indiana Pacers — and issuing a public apology. – Source