Kobe Bryant's old 1963 Chevy Impala sold for more than $220,000 at auction
Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant's 1963 Chevy Impala is up for sale at Goldin Auctions, per TMZ Sports.
Goldin Auctions Founder and CEO Ken Goldin told TMZ Sports he expects the car to sell for around $250,000. The bidding has started at $100,000.
Vanessa Bryant gifted the car to her husband in 2006 after taking it to West Coast Customs, a custom body shop featured in the MTV show Pimp My Ride.
Goldin Auctions also provided an additional description of the car:
"That’s what is offered here as this truly one-of-a-kind car was custom built for the late great Kobe Bryant and given to him by his wife Vanessa. This vehicle was commissioned by Kobe’s wife Vanessa as a gift for her husband for Christmas in 2006. Vanessa Bryant retained the services of West Coast Customs of Corona, CA, the famed shop that inspired MTV's “Pimp My Ride”, to create the ultimate Impala lowrider. Beginning with a solid foundation of a rust-free 1963 Impala, WCC disassembled the car and blasted the body to bare metal for what would be a multi-coat paint finish in a deluxe mix of purple and royal blue that was custom blended by the renowned House of Kolor."
The Impala has just less than 25,000 miles on it. It’s not known who specifically purchased the car. 먹튀검증
Kobe, according to TMZ, sold the car around 2013, and it was auctioned off a year later. It’s unclear who purchased the car and then decided to sell it now.
The sale of the car comes just after the one-year anniversary of Kobe and his daughter Gianna’s death. The two, along with seven others, were killed in a helicopter crash outside of Los Angeles in January 2020.
