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1958 Harlem Globetrotters with Wilt Chamberlain

Currency:USD Category:Sports - Cards & Fan Shop Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
1958 Harlem Globetrotters with Wilt Chamberlain
<B>1958 Harlem Globetrotters Featuring Wilt Chamberlain Broadside.</B></I> Denied the option of entering the NBA prior to completing his studies at the University of Kansas, history's greatest "big man" opted for a year of play with the Harlem Globetrotters, earning the astronomical sum of $50,000 for his year of service. Here we find one of the few surviving artifacts from that brief partnership, printed to promote a March 11th game at the Toledo Sports Arena. Terrific color artwork is from the pen and mind of famed <I>The Sporting News</B></I> cartoonist Willard Mullin, best remembered as the creator of the Brooklyn Dodgers' mascot Bum. The poster measures 14x22" in size, with a few tack holes at top and an upper right corner bend. Neither of these concerns is particularly evident except upon close inspection, providing a NRMT appearance despite a technically lower grade. A classic 'trotters piece.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)