Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Spring 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/3/2023
Invented in 1891 by Canadian James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, basketball remains one of the most popular sports out there, becoming a worldwide spectacle in its 132-year history. Offered here, is this collection of 2010s Leaf, Famous Fabrics and Sport Kings basketball cards totalling seventeen (17). Featuring a total of nine (9) “1/1” sketch cards hailing from Leaf’s 2014 and 2015 Masterworks and Best of Basketball sets, examples from the latter of the two include the likes of LeBron James, Red Auerbach, Bill Russell, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan, those from the Masterworks release include Magic Johnson (2014), Andrew Wiggins (2015 – Graded KSA MINT 9 - holder in good condition with some light scratches over each side), Dominique Wilkins (2015), and Bobby Knight (2015) with each of the Masterworks cards signed by the featured athlete with a blue ink on-sticker auto affixed to the front of the card with all showing light fading and some darkening except for the Bobby Knight example. All the cards remain in the condition range of EX-MT to NM upon inspection. The last three (3) Leaf cards include come in the form of desirable “1/1” specimens via 2016 and 2017 Leaf Executive Collection Masterpieces cut signature cards of Magic Johnson (’16) and Vince Carter (’17) and a 2018 Leaf Metal Sports Heroes Autographed Pre-Production Proof “Prismatic Red” parallel of Shaquille O’Neal that has been signed by Shaq with a blue ink signature that displays without issue. All three cards are housed in Leaf slabs with the cards remain EX-MT to NM condition. Including a lone 2015 Sport Kings memorabilia card of Magic Johnson, the last four cards in the collection are found in the form of Famous Fabrics cards including “Septomem” memorabilia cards of Bird, Johnson, Jordan, James, Chamberlain, Wade and Durant (Silver serial numbered “02/09” and the Gold serial numbered “1/1”), a “Triple Patch” of Bird, McHale and Parish (Silver serial numbered “01/09”), and a “Forever Linked” of Shaq and Kobe (Silver serial numbered “02/09”). All housed in Famous Fabrics slabs that remain in good condition with light scratches seen over each side with the cards in the scope of EX-MT to NM condition, the Leaf slabs are found to be in similar condition.
It must be noted that the grading standards followed by KSA may not correspond to those currently employed by PSA, BGS or SGC. The outcome of an attempted cross-over of this piece through any of those services, then, would be uncertain and cannot be guaranteed.
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