Kobe Bryant items fetch premium prices in sale

May 21, 2001 BASKETBALL - Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant celebrates while San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan walks off disconsolately during Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Duncan's monster 40-point game went in vain as Bryant added 28 points of his own to lead Los Angeles to an 88-81 victory and a 2-0 lead in the series. [REUTERS/Andess Latif/File photo]

A Hollywood moment for NBA legend Kobe Bryant proved a big draw in a Beverly Hills auction of sport memorabilia, his handprints in concrete selling for $75,000 (Sh8 million).

Julien’s Auctions said the handprints were tests that were made by Bryant in 2011, when he became the first athlete to leave his prints alongside those of some of Hollywood’s biggest stars in the forecourt of the Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard.