The battle between Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and a southern California auction house continues with the big guy losing the latest round and ordered to pay a whopping $900,000 in damages. The CBS affiliate in Los Angeles reports an arbitrator ruled in favor of Julien’s Auctions over a consignment agreement that went bad. Julien’s claimed Abdul-Jabbar agreed to sell some of his … [Read more...]
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Jerry West Collection Gets Home at West Virginia
Don’t look for Jerry West’s basketball memorabilia to come to auction anytime soon—at least not all of it. West has donated a chunk of his collection to his alma mater, West Virginia University. He appeared at a special dedication there this week. His 1970 NBA Championship ring, game-used jerseys and basketballs, magazines that featured him on their covers, important … [Read more...]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Memorabilia Items Hit eBay
As we reported here last month, NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is selling off a majority of his basketball memorabilia. The first auctions are now popping on on eBay by starguardcollectibles, which is the official sports memorabilia owned by Abdul-Jabbar and his longtime manager, Debbie Morales. Many of the items are from Abdul-Jabbar’s farewell tour and the gifts he was … [Read more...]
Abdul-Jabbar Plans to Auction Collection
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar says he’s going to sell the majority of his basketball memorabilia. The Hall of Fame center says about 400 items will be sold in the coming months, but hasn’t specified a platform or timetable. He says a portion of the proceeds will be directed to a charity his Skyhook Foundation. The first portion of the auction includes 25 items that he received … [Read more...]
Hoop History: 1936 Olympic Basketball Gold Medal at Auction
If bidding on Olympic memorabilia intrigues you, it’s time to be Shy. That’s not a contradiction. SCP Auctions is offering the gold medal won at the 1936 Summer Olympics by United States basketball player Carl Shy. It is one of several pieces of Shy’s memorabilia being offered by the California-based auction company in its Fall Premier online auction, which begins on … [Read more...]
SCP Auctions Strikes Deal With Basketball Hall of Fame
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today that SCP Auctions has been named its official auction and appraisal partner. Under the agreement, SCP will conduct the annual basketball-themed auction with proceeds benefitting the Hall of Fame. The Hall had been conducting its annual auction in cooperation with Grey Flannel Auctions for several years, extending … [Read more...]
Larry Bird Collection at Auction Includes Hundreds of Items
One of the largest collections of Larry Bird items known to exist is up for grabs. It includes 675 pieces and includes over 300 items signed by the Boston Celtics Hall of Famer and his former teammates. The collection belongs to Randy Switser, a Colorado man who has had the items up for sale before, but never offered them in an eBay auction until now. Offerings … [Read more...]
Historic 1984 NBA Finals Provide Bounty of Memorabilia
In 1983-84 there was nothing bigger in the NBA than Magic Johnson…except league MVP Larry Bird. It was a rivalry renewed as the Celtics and Lakers met to decide the championship 30 years ago this month. It marked the first time the two stars had met with everything on the line since their famed duel in the 1979 NCAA Championship game. Game 7 of the 1984 Finals became the … [Read more...]
Robbed of Glory? 1972 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team Ring Up for Sale
Forty-one years later, members of the United States Olympic basketball team still haven’t forgotten. In one of the sport’s most bizarre endings, Team USA lost the gold medal game to the Soviet Union in Munich, 51-50 after the officials awarded the USSR a couple of extra cracks at a last second shot. So incensed, the young American players decided as a group not to accept … [Read more...]
Storage Locker Yields Mutombo Mother Lode
In a story straight out of “Storage Wars”, a Maryland man spent $300 to buy the contents of a storage locker at an auction recently and found a treasure trove of items related to former All-Star center Dikembe Mutombo. In a story first reported by TMZ.com, Adrian Petrus says he didn’t know what was inside but it quickly became apparent that he’d gotten his money’s … [Read more...]
