This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/28/2019
Featured here from the Oscar Robertson Collection is his Helms Hall of Fame Award. The lovely certificate measures 15" by 18" and comes on a laminated wooden display board around 1/2" thick, honoring "Oscar Robertson For Noteworthy Achievement College Basketball." The bottom lists the eight esteemed Helms Hall Board members along with the laminated signature of Chairman Paul H. Helms Jr. (co-founder's son). Founded in 1936, the Helms Athletic Foundation initiated the first recognized athletic Hall of Fame, a precursor to the National Baseball Hall of Fame which had its first induction ceremony in 1939. The award comes in outstanding condition and is nicely framed as "The Big O" had it mounted on his wall for decades. Includes LOA from Oscar Robertson.
Oscar will donate a portion of his auction proceeds to the Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center and LeBow Institute for Myeloma Therapeutics at Dana Farber. This renowned cancer treatment center “provides comprehensive care to patients with multiple myeloma, including promising new therapies through clinical trials rooted in an approach that brings laboratory discoveries quickly to the clinical setting (https://www.dana-farber.org/multiple-myeloma-program).