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06-01-2013, 04:05 PM
VIP PARTY to kick off Auction for Property from the Collection of NBA Legend, Elgin Baylor.
VIP PARTY to kick off Auction for Property from the Collection of NBA Legend, Elgin Baylor - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l17fXak6RCE)
Even my lithograph made an appearance! :D Around the 5:00 mark in the youtube video above. I thought it was smaller than that... :cool:
Then they showed the NBA 50 Greatest lithograph, which I think sold around $50,000.00 including buyer premium, but boy is it messed up! All creased up... it's a real shame. Still an amazing piece though. One day that Championship ring will be mine!!!!!!! :flex: It sold over $132,000.00 with buyer premium. :eek:
Fun video to watch! Wish I was there to see everything in person.
Property from the Collection of Elgin Baylor
ELEVEN TIME NBA ALL STAR,
BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE
AND LOS ANGELES LAKERS LEGEND
LIVE AUCTION: FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2013
Julien’s Auctions, the world’s premier sports and entertainment auction house, proudly announces the exclusive auction of Property From The Collection of Elgin Baylor, the eleven time NBA ALL-STAR, Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and L.A. Lakers Legend. A collection of memorabilia, awards and personal property is set to be offered at auction on Friday, May 31st, 2013. The legendary Baylor is one of the NBA’s 50 greatest players of all time and was also the 1958 NBA #1 draft pick, 1959 NBA Rookie of the Year, 11-time NBA All-Star and 1977 NBA Hall of Fame Inductee. With a career spanning fourteen seasons, his style of play set the stage for players like Dr. J and Michael Jordan. Baylor was the first player who took the game off the floor with powerful, high-flying, acrobatic and ballet-like moves never before seen in the game. Bob Short, owner of the Minneapolis Lakers at the time of Baylor’s play, has been quoted as stating that the team would have gone bankrupt without him.
Highlights from the auction include Baylor’s 1959 NBA All-Star Game MVP Trophy, a 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers NBA Championship Ring and a number of items from Baylor’s professional career including LA Lakers game-worn warm-ups. Baylor’s rare Lakers rookie-year shorts that feature the uniform number 14 which was issued to him after he was drafted by the Lakers, and before he officially changed to his familiar number 22, will also be offered. One of the more unique items in the auction will be a pair of Baylor’s Adidas game worn shoes. The shoes were taken without Baylor’s knowledge, bronzed, and presented to him at a talk show appearance.
Memorabilia also includes personal items from his post-basketball career and his 1977 NBA Hall of Fame Induction certificate along with Baylor’s gold NBA Lifetime Pass. In 1996, Baylor was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in National Basketball History, chosen by the NBA to honor the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the league. Included in the auction will be Baylor’s NBA 50 Greatest Players ring, 50 Greatest Players jacket, and Baylor’s NBA 50 Greatest Players signed lithograph, featuring the autographs of 49 of the 50 players chosen and numbered “Baylor 1/1”.
The auction will also include property from Baylor’s high school and college careers, with numerous trophies and awards from Baylor’s playing days at Joel Elias Spingarn High School in Washington, D.C., through to Baylor’s triumphant charge to the NCAA National Championship game in 1958 as a member of the Seattle University Chieftains (now Redhawks), including Baylor’s 1958 Chuck Taylor All-American Certificate. Many iconic NBA players and sports heroes are among Baylor’s friends. The auction will include signed items from Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, John Stockton, David Robinson and Clyde Drexler.
From his beginning’s as a three-time All City teenage basketball player at Phelps and Singarn high school’s in Washington, D.C., to his storied career inside the NBA’s greatest arenas, Elgin Baylor has let his actions on the basketball court speak for themselves, resulting in a career and legacy of incredible and astounding achievements.
All of the property in the auction will be featured in a full color limited edition catalog available for purchase at Entertainment Memorabilia : Hollywood Memorabilia : Beatles & Rock Memorabilia : Julien's Auctions Beverly Hills for $75. A number of limited edition catalogs will be signed by Elgin Baylor for the price of $200 each.
Elgin Baylor Auction - Julien's Auctions 2013 (http://www.juliensauctions.com/auctions/2013/elgin-baylor/index.html)
VIP PARTY to kick off Auction for Property from the Collection of NBA Legend, Elgin Baylor - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l17fXak6RCE)
Even my lithograph made an appearance! :D Around the 5:00 mark in the youtube video above. I thought it was smaller than that... :cool:
Then they showed the NBA 50 Greatest lithograph, which I think sold around $50,000.00 including buyer premium, but boy is it messed up! All creased up... it's a real shame. Still an amazing piece though. One day that Championship ring will be mine!!!!!!! :flex: It sold over $132,000.00 with buyer premium. :eek:
Fun video to watch! Wish I was there to see everything in person.
Property from the Collection of Elgin Baylor
ELEVEN TIME NBA ALL STAR,
BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE
AND LOS ANGELES LAKERS LEGEND
LIVE AUCTION: FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2013
Julien’s Auctions, the world’s premier sports and entertainment auction house, proudly announces the exclusive auction of Property From The Collection of Elgin Baylor, the eleven time NBA ALL-STAR, Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and L.A. Lakers Legend. A collection of memorabilia, awards and personal property is set to be offered at auction on Friday, May 31st, 2013. The legendary Baylor is one of the NBA’s 50 greatest players of all time and was also the 1958 NBA #1 draft pick, 1959 NBA Rookie of the Year, 11-time NBA All-Star and 1977 NBA Hall of Fame Inductee. With a career spanning fourteen seasons, his style of play set the stage for players like Dr. J and Michael Jordan. Baylor was the first player who took the game off the floor with powerful, high-flying, acrobatic and ballet-like moves never before seen in the game. Bob Short, owner of the Minneapolis Lakers at the time of Baylor’s play, has been quoted as stating that the team would have gone bankrupt without him.
Highlights from the auction include Baylor’s 1959 NBA All-Star Game MVP Trophy, a 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers NBA Championship Ring and a number of items from Baylor’s professional career including LA Lakers game-worn warm-ups. Baylor’s rare Lakers rookie-year shorts that feature the uniform number 14 which was issued to him after he was drafted by the Lakers, and before he officially changed to his familiar number 22, will also be offered. One of the more unique items in the auction will be a pair of Baylor’s Adidas game worn shoes. The shoes were taken without Baylor’s knowledge, bronzed, and presented to him at a talk show appearance.
Memorabilia also includes personal items from his post-basketball career and his 1977 NBA Hall of Fame Induction certificate along with Baylor’s gold NBA Lifetime Pass. In 1996, Baylor was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in National Basketball History, chosen by the NBA to honor the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the league. Included in the auction will be Baylor’s NBA 50 Greatest Players ring, 50 Greatest Players jacket, and Baylor’s NBA 50 Greatest Players signed lithograph, featuring the autographs of 49 of the 50 players chosen and numbered “Baylor 1/1”.
The auction will also include property from Baylor’s high school and college careers, with numerous trophies and awards from Baylor’s playing days at Joel Elias Spingarn High School in Washington, D.C., through to Baylor’s triumphant charge to the NCAA National Championship game in 1958 as a member of the Seattle University Chieftains (now Redhawks), including Baylor’s 1958 Chuck Taylor All-American Certificate. Many iconic NBA players and sports heroes are among Baylor’s friends. The auction will include signed items from Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, John Stockton, David Robinson and Clyde Drexler.
From his beginning’s as a three-time All City teenage basketball player at Phelps and Singarn high school’s in Washington, D.C., to his storied career inside the NBA’s greatest arenas, Elgin Baylor has let his actions on the basketball court speak for themselves, resulting in a career and legacy of incredible and astounding achievements.
All of the property in the auction will be featured in a full color limited edition catalog available for purchase at Entertainment Memorabilia : Hollywood Memorabilia : Beatles & Rock Memorabilia : Julien's Auctions Beverly Hills for $75. A number of limited edition catalogs will be signed by Elgin Baylor for the price of $200 each.
Elgin Baylor Auction - Julien's Auctions 2013 (http://www.juliensauctions.com/auctions/2013/elgin-baylor/index.html)