For some, it's a Fiji plastic water bottle wrapped in sports tape. For others, it's a piece of history.
Lelands, a New Jersey-based sports memorabilia auction company, is auctioning off Luka Doncic's game water bottle, in which he scored a franchise-record 73 points in the Mavericks' win over the Atlanta Hawks on January 26. It is on sale.
The “something special” written on the water bottle is an homage to Michael Jordan's water bottle. space jam. If you're lucky enough to snag Doncic's game-day hydration holder, the auction site will include a game information sheet given to an Atlanta Hawks employee.
This water bottle has 3 bids and the current bid is $123.
The 2024 Winter Classic auction also includes a baseball signed by another Texas sports hero, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, from his high school days in the White House near Tyler. ing.
The sports memorabilia market is booming. According to a recent Market Decipher report, the global value in 2021 was $227.2 billion.
A water bottle costing hundreds of dollars may seem strange, but other novelties are also highly valued on the market, such as the napkin used in the unofficial signing of 13-year-old Lionel Messi to FC Barcelona. . According to NPR, it was sold at an online auction for a starting price of $380,000.
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