Lot 177. 13 Essex Meats 1961 St. Louis Hawks Cards PSA-Graded EX-MT 6 or Better. Four different players, including two Hall of Fame members, and the Hawks’ coach are represented in this collection. The players and grades are: Larry Foust, NM 7. Cliff Hagan (HoF), five cards, one EX-MT 6 and four NM-MT 8 (OC). Fred LaCour, NM 7. Coach Fuzzy Levane, NM-MT 8. Clyde Lovellette (HoF), three cards, all NM-MT+ 8.5. And John McCarthy, two cards, one EX-MT 6 and one NM-MT+ 8.5. This group has excellent potential break-up value.
Winning Bid $180
Lot 179. John Wooden Signed Player (Purdue)-Coach (UCLA) Lithograph. Created for the Purdue Basketball Family Reunion in 1993, this 16” x 20” print depicts Wooden as a Purdue player and as a coach. As a player, he had a Hall of Fame career at Purdue. He also was a successful pro. The first three-time consensus All-American, he was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 1961. By then, he had coached high school and then college basketball at Indiana State and UCLA. From 1964-75, his UCLA teams captured 10 national championships. For his success as a coach, he was enshrined again in the Basketball HoF in 1972. He was the first individual honored twice by the Hall of Fame. Wooden passed away in June. He autographed the lithograph in pencil and added “Best wishes” above and “Purdue ’32” below. The print has light creases to the right of Wooden’s left shoe and in the lower left corner. Wooden’s signature and additions are large and mint 9 to gem mint 10. Although his signature is relatively available, it does seem to be scarce to rare on this attractive print. A Purdue fan site recently offered a signed copy online for almost $1,500. If you want Wooden’s autograph on something with his image, this is the collectible to have! Kevin Keating authenticated the autograph.
Winning Bid $220
