⁍ Basketball legend Kobe Bryant’s autograph is on the auction block online and expected to fetch at least $500,000 next week.

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⁍ The four-panel floor piece is emblazoned with a huge ‘8,’ one of two numbers Bryant wore during a sensational 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers.

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⁍ Bryant scored 60 points in the Lakers’ 101-96 victory over the Utah Jazz.

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– “One of, if not the, greatest farewell performance in the history of sports” is what Heritage Auctions is calling “one of the biggest Kobe autographs we’ve ever seen”—and it’s going up for auction. The four-panel floor piece, which measures 4 feet by 8 feet and is expected to fetch at least $500,000, was on the hardwood where Bryant played his last game for the Los Angeles Lakers, scoring 60 points in the team’s 101-96 victory over the Utah Jazz, Reuters reports. “After the final piece of confetti had fallen, one of Kobe’s absolute last acts before he walked off the professional court was to add a large signature to the center of the number 8,’ Dan Imler, vice president of direct sales and consignments for Heritage Auctions, says. “It’s one of the biggest Kobe autographs we’ve ever seen. It’s about a foot and a half long.” Bryant, who died in January at the age of 41, wore two jersey numbers, “24” at the other end, during his 20-year career with the Lakers.