This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/28/2019
Beginning with his rookie year in 1960, Oscar Robertson averaged a triple-double through 1965. He was the league MVP in ’64 and the All-Star Game MVP in ’61 and ’64, and never failed to make First Team All-NBA through the ’69 season. This is Robertson’s framed award plaque recognizing his selection to the 1962-63 National Basketball Association All-Star First Team as presented by The Sporting News. The formidable First Team featuring Oscar, Elgin Baylor, Bob Pettit, Bill Russell and Jerry West along with the Second Team are printed in black on an 8" by 10.5” sheet that has been perfectly preserved under glass in a black frame. It comes just as Oscar displayed it in his home 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).