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2000's Larry Bird & Magic Johnson Signed 1979 NCAA Finals Full Ticket, PSA VG-EX 4 Auto 10....
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The finer of two known autographed full tickets!
2000's Larry Bird & Magic Johnson Signed 1979 NCAA Finals Full
Ticket, PSA VG-EX 4 Auto 10. "We didn't play it for ourselves,"
Johnson would later tell reporters. "We played it for our teams. We
were two unique guys being over six-eight, being able to handle the
ball, being able to score inside, outside, being able to make the
right pass to our teammates. Because we didn't really care about
scoring. We cared about winning...and then you have one player
black, one player white, one player smiling, one player who
don't..."Though they'd only face each other a single time in amateur play, the contest was a godsend for a collegiate basketball world still searching for a new narrative after the 1975 retirement of its most important figure, UCLA coach John Wooden. That 1979 Finals between the Michigan State Spartans and the Indiana State Sycamores remains to this day the highest-rated of all time.
Heritage sold a dual-signed stub for this first edition of this greatest rivalry of its hardcourt era for $50,400 in November 2021, so our estimate for this finer example of two known signed full, unused tickets for the contest is undeniably conservative. Light corner wear is all that bars an even further climb up the grading ladder alone, while the signatures are properly deemed as unimprovable, with Magic even adding a "1979 Finals MOP" notation, commemorating his recognition as the Most Outstanding Player of the game. Encapsulated by PSA, VG-EX 4 Auto 10.
Auction Info
2023 February 25 - 26 Winter Platinum Night Catalog Auction #50061 (go to Auction Home page)
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February, 2023
25th-26th
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