Real people actually bid to buy a bag of air from Kobe Bryant's last game
You may never be able to touch Kobe Bryant or see him in person -- but now you can finally buy a bag of air he maybe farted in.
In the grand tradition of people seriously hocking bags of air (yes, it's a thing), someone decided to sell air from Kobe's last game at the Staples Center. Though eBay has since taken the advertisement down, the bidding went up to over $13,600.
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Sadly, that wasn't the most outrageous price for Bryant merchandise, although it was the most ethereal product. There were $38,000 Kobe jackets and $5,000 Kobe hats. To commemorate Kobe's last day on the court, the Lakers sold a record $1.2 million in gear.
This isn't the first time people have tried to market free air, and it probably won't be the last. A Canadian start-up used to sell bottled up air to polluted cities in China.
Someone once even tried to sell a bag of air taken from a Kanye concert on eBay, and prices hovered around $60,000. EBay similarly took the ad down, because apparently they don't like to "put a price on natural resources" and "scam people out of thousands of dollars."
Whatever, eBay.
And congratulations, Kobe. We all breathe the same air -- but we like yours a little bit better.
Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.
