The ultimate collector: NBA at 50 Signature Basketball Collection

majorflux · August 18, 2009 3:20PM

Read about this tonight and just want to share it with you all -

http://www.nbaat50.com/Websites/nbaat50signaturebasketballs/Images/Beckett.pdf

Tim Flatt spent 10 years and 1.5 millions to acquire all 50-greatest player (minus the deceased maravich) autograph on basketballs! They say this is the holy grail of all basketball memorabilia

Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_at_50_Signature_Basketball_Collection

VitoCo1972 · August 18, 2009 3:38PM

I feel like it could have been done cheaper - and WITH Pistol Pete...if you could find a Pete signed ball to start with

majorflux · August 18, 2009 3:41PM

<< I feel like it could have been done cheaper - and WITH Pistol Pete...if you could find a Pete signed ball to start with >>

Vito, perhaps you can start this as your next project

VitoCo1972 · August 18, 2009 4:00PM

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<< I feel like it could have been done cheaper - and WITH Pistol Pete...if you could find a Pete signed ball to start with >>

Vito, perhaps you can start this as your next project

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hilarious. In all honesty, you have no idea how cheap most of my projects are. Usually just the cost of postage and packaging!

majorflux · August 18, 2009 4:06PM

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<< I feel like it could have been done cheaper - and WITH Pistol Pete...if you could find a Pete signed ball to start with >>

Vito, perhaps you can start this as your next project

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hilarious. In all honesty, you have no idea how cheap most of my projects are. Usually just the cost of postage and packaging!

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I really like your collection, to that's the best way to do it, the fun of chasing instead of throwing big money.

schr1st · August 18, 2009 4:22PM

I wonder how much Signature Rookies $ went into the project.

VitoCo1972 · August 18, 2009 5:30PM

A few notable things after actually reading the article.

1 - Not surprised about the Ewing dilemma. He's a really impossible signature - even on cards. Never signs anything.

2 - I thought Arizin died earlier than 06. Anyone seen 61 or 57 cards signed by him for sale recently? Curious what they go for. Need them for my sets.

3 - What is the Beckett magazine that the article is in? I've never seen it. I would LOVE a golf feature in it one of these days. Is the mag any good? I'd love to see an article on real treasures obtained TTM. There are a lot of folks on this forum that could contribute!

gameusedhoop · August 18, 2009 8:59PM

He did 50 sets of 4 balls with the sigs for 1.5 M. 30 Grand a set doesn't seem too bad when you consider how much some guys charge. It was quite a gamble though, imagine trying to flip a set with 34 autos for 20 Grand? No interest at all there most likely.

billwaltonsbeard · August 18, 2009 10:48PM

I have a hunch that Patrick Ewing might not know how to sign his name.

leathtech · August 18, 2009 11:17PM

wow Ewing got 250k to sign 50 balls!

gregmo32 · August 18, 2009 11:59PM

Ewing is in the direct lineage of Bill Russell through John Thompson. He has always been a difficult, near impossible autograph. He is also a likely head coach in the NBA one day. Smart, thoughtful guy who does not mind doing the dirty work.

slantycouch · August 19, 2009 12:09AM

Pretty incredible.

I thought his comments were interesting. I'm not a basketball collector, but I think I would rather have the signed litho than a set of 4 signed balls. The litho could be easily archivally framed and displayed. Seems like it would be much harder to keep and display the balls.

The ultimate collector: NBA at 50 Signature Basketball Collection

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