On eBay, someone was selling air allegedly from Kobe Bryant's last game

The eBay listing for air from Kobe Bryant&#039;s last game. — (Image credit: Twitter.com/ABC7)

What do you get the Laker fan who literally has everything and is desperate for something, anything from Kobe Bryant's final NBA game? A plastic bag allegedly filled with air from that momentous night, that's what.

For a few hours on Monday, someone was selling on eBay a plastic bag labeled "Air from Kobe's final game." The seller claimed that the air was genuine, Staples Center nitrogen and oxygen, and ABC7 reports the price got as high as $15,000 before eBay shut the auction down. It's unclear if this was a get-rich-quick scheme or a practical joke by Shaq, but if you are that bidder, I've got a baggie filled with air from a sports bar that showed the game that I'll sell you for $14,999.

The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Explore More

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.