An autographed stat sheet from Kobe Bryant's famed 81-point game is up for auction in an effort to raise money for the families of the seven people who were killed in the January 26 helicopter crash along with the NBA legend and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna.

Those victims include John and Keri Altobelli, their daughter Alyssa, mother and daughter Sarah and Payton Chester, youth basketball coach Christina Mauser, and pilot Ara Zobayan.

Bidding started at $1,000 and quickly jumped to $1,600, but that figure is obviously expected to increase before the sale closes on February 22.

The stat sheet appears to have been autographed sometime after Bryant changed jersey numbers in 2006, as the Los Angeles Lakers star wrote '24' under his signature rather than '8,' which was his number at the time of his 81-point effort on January 22, 2006.

By scoring more points in a single game than anyone besides Wilt Chamberlain, who once dropped 100 in 1962, Lakers legend Kobe Bryant helped Los Angeles to a 122-104 comeback win against the visiting Toronto Raptors

The stat sheet appears to have been autographed sometime after Bryant changed jersey numbers in 2006, as the Los Angeles Lakers star wrote '24' under his signature rather than '8,' which was his number at the time of his 81-point effort on January 22, 2006

According to Goldin Auctions, Bryant's signature was verified by Beckett Authentication.

The stat sheet itself is unremarkable – one of hundreds that are printed and distributed to media members throughout a typical NBA game.

However, a line at the bottom of the box score does explain the significance of the evening: 'MEMO: LAL: Bryant - Second highest points in NBA history (81).'

By scoring more points in a single game than anyone besides Wilt Chamberlain, who once dropped 100 in 1962, Bryant helped Los Angeles to a 122-104 comeback win against the visiting Toronto Raptors.

Afterwards the supremely confident Bryant was asked if he had previously thought he was capable of scoring 81 points in a single game.

'Not even in my dreams,' Bryant told reporters.

Alyssa Altobelli (left) and her parents John (near right) and Keri (far right) Altobelli, died in the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna on January 26

Sarah Chester, right, and her daughter Payton were among the nine victims in the crash

Pilot Ara Zobayan (left) was among the nine killed in the January 26 helicopter crash. Christina Mauser (right), who also worked at the Mamba Academy, was a girls basketball coach at the private elementary Harbor Day School in Newport Beach before the crash

Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna (left) were on their way to her basketball game when their helicopter crashed on January 26, killing all nine people on board

Bryant was a better version of his usual self in some ways, getting to the free throw line 20 times for 18 of his 81 points, but he uncharacteristically nailed seven three-pointers that night despite averaging just 1.4 a game for his career.

'When Bryant scored his final two points on a pair of free throws with 43.4 seconds remaining, the chants of 'M-V-P! M-V-P!' from the 18,997 fans at Staples Center couldn't have been more fitting,' read the item description from Goldin Auctions. 'With his team trailing by 18 points in the third quarter, Bryant simply exploded, scoring 27 points in the third and 28 in the fourth. He accounted for all but 18 of the Lakers points in the second half and single-handedly put the game away.'

The end of the description explains that 'a portion of the proceeds… will be donated to the MambaOnThree Fund,' which is Bryant's charity that is now being used to help the families of the other victims in the crash.

'The MambaOnThree Fund exists to honor and support loved ones of the seven other victims involved in the tragedy that occurred on January 26, 2020,' read a description on the charity's website. 'All donations to the Fund will be directed to their families.'