1997 Kobe Bryant PMG Green card sells to Alt for record $3.15 million
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Alternative trading platform Alt has acquired a 1997 Metal Universe Precious Metal Gems Green Kobe Bryant card for $3.15 million, setting a new high mark for an individual Bryant card.
The sale, disclosed on Tuesday, eclipses the previous record of $2.4 million paid privately for a solo Bryant card in September 2025. Another green PMG Bryant card changed hands for $2 million in February 2022.
Rarity drives price
Although the card’s back is numbered “009/100,” only the first ten copies of each player’s PMGs were printed in green; the remaining 90 are red. Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) has graded just three of the ten green Bryant cards. Alt’s copy carries a PSA 5 grade, with only one example rated higher by the company.
“I’d argue this is the best Kobe Bryant card out there,” Alt founder and CEO Leore Avidar said. “They only made 10 of them, it shines, and it’s the first year of basketball PMGs—there’s a collector base for that.”
Alt’s growing high-end portfolio
The Bryant purchase adds to a string of headline acquisitions by Alt. In mid-2021, the company bought a 51 percent stake in the one-of-one, on-card–autographed Stephen Curry Logoman rookie from 2009 Playoff National Treasures, valuing the card at $5.9 million. Alt acquired the remaining 49 percent in February 2022, bringing its total outlay to $6.684 million.
Other notable buys include:
- A LeBron James rookie patch autograph for $1.8 million in July 2020 (a James record at the time).
- A Giannis Antetokounmpo one-of-one rookie Logoman for $1.812 million in September 2020, still the highest known price for an Antetokounmpo card, according to Card Ladder.
- A Kevin Durant rookie patch autograph for $780,000 in March 2021, also still a player record.
Avidar said the company aims to build collections featuring future Hall of Famers, but intentionally avoids Michael Jordan cards to focus on the generation that followed him.
Source: ESPN
