SCP Auctions, Inc.
Timed Auction

Fall Premier Auction 2017

Wed, Oct 18, 2017 04:00PM EDT - Sat, Nov 4, 2017 11:00PM EDT
Lot 808

LOT OF (79) AUTOGRAPHED NAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME COMMEMORATIVE FIRST DAY COVERS

Sold for
$770.40
Sold Price includes BP

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Extensive lot of (79) autographed 6-1/2 x 3-1/2” First Day Covers dated November 6 1961 (for opening of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield Mass.). These commemorative items average NM or better condition with minimal wear. Signatures of basketball luminaries that grace the (79) covers average 8-9/10 in strength predominantly executed in blue and black pen.  42 examples are PSA/DNA encapsulated including:  Paul Arizin Rick Barry Elgin Baylor Dave Bing Carol Blazejowski Bill Bradley John Bunn Howard Cann Lou Carnesecca Ben Carnevale Dave Cowens Everett S. Dean Dave DeBusschere Anne Donovan Paul Endacott Clifford Fagan Harold Bud Foster Walt Frazier Marty Friedman Clarence Gaines Tom Gola Gail Goodrich Bob Kurland Cliff Hagan Harry Litwack Clyde Lovellette Jerry Lucas Hank Luisetti Ed Macauley Arad McCutchan Dean Smith Nate Thurmond Dave Tobey Oswald Tower Al McGuire Ray Meyer George Mikan Jack Twyman Margaret Wade Stanley Watts and John Wooden.

Additional covers (not encapsulated) include: Nate Thurmond Pete Carrel Lauren Gale Harry Gallatin Jack Gardner William Pop Gates Lusia Harris Stewart Marc Harshman John Havlicek Howard Hobson Rev. J. Horan Bob Houbregs Baily Howell Buddy Jeannette Raymond Keighon Ed Moose Krause John Kundla Dick McGuire Ralph Miller Chris Murphy Jack Ramsay Frank Ramsay Bill Sharman Fred Taylor Bertha Frank Teague Wes Unseld.  Pre-certified by PSA/DNA.

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