Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant is in a court battle with his mother, Pamela, to try to keep her from auctioning off mementos from his high school playing days in Pennsylvania and his early years with the Lakers.

According to ESPN, a New Jersey auction house filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Camden on Thursday for the right to sell the stuff after the NBA star's lawyers wrote the firm telling them to cancel the planned June auction.

Bryant contends that his mother doesn't have the right to sell the collectibles, including his Lower Merion High School letters, a 2000 NBA championship ring and hundreds of other items.

The New Jersey based  Golden Auctions says Bryant told his mother years ago that he didn't want the items.

"Kobe Bryant indicated to Pamela Bryant that the items belonged to her and that he had no interest in them," the auction house's attorneys wrote. So she put them in a $1,500-per-month New Jersey storage unit.

Kenneth Goldin, owner of the auction house, says he can't cancel the auction because he's already advanced $450,000 to Bryant's mother and put money into advertising the auction.

Kobe Bryant's lawyer Mark Campbell said in a statement, "Mr. Bryant's personal property has ended up in the possession of someone who does not lawfully own it. We look forward to resolving this legal matter through the legal system."

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