The Hawaii-based Pro Bowl every year showcases the finest on-the-field talent the NFL as to offer. Considered the All-Star Game of professional football, it takes place in a beautiful setting and usually produced very high-scoring outcomes. This lot includes sports memorabilia representing the five Pro Bowl MVPs (i.e. "Players of the Game" as they are called in Hawaii) from 2003 through 2007: Ricky Williams (2003), Marc Bulger (2004), Peyton Manning (2005), Derrick Brooks (2006), and Carson Palmer (2007). Each grouping includes a Pro Bowl-emblazoned Wilson football sporting the signature in silver of said MVP. Each signature is a solid 9/10.
Along with each football comes a framed 8x10 autographed photo of the game’s MVP accepting their respective Player of the Game trophies. Both Manning and Williams signed their 8x10's in blue marker, Palmer and Bulger signed theirs in silver, and recent 2014 Hall of Fame inductee Derrick Brooks went against the grain and signed his in black. All three MVPs are sporting their Pro Bowl caps in their respective photos. Manning's photo includes a COA from Triumph Sports. All signatures on these photos rate approximately 8/10.
Pre-certified by PSA/DNA.
Includes a Letter of Provenance from collector Robert Zweigle.
The Robert Zweigle collection represents 40 years of assembling sports memorabilia items from college and professional football, professional golf and NCAA basketball. Bob Zweigle was a major supplier of promotional products to the NFL who personally attended 38 Super Bowls, working closely with NFL personnel and establishing unique connections that helped grow his collection. He designed/produced Super Bowl press pins from XXV through XXXIX (the final year the NFL produced its own pins). He also designed/produced the Player Participation Trophy and Player of the Game Trophy for the Pro Bowl, as well as the Arena Bowl Championship Trophy. He made it a personal quest to obtain in-person autographs on important memorabilia items at many sporting events wherein he had rare and unusual access.