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National Basketball Association (NBA) “50 Greatest Players” lithographic print signed by 37 of the 50 players, including Hall of Famers Magic Johnson, Julius Erving, Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson, Larry Bird, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The signatures are all in gray graphite pencil and accompany 50 head & shoulder color photographs of the 50 players arrayed in six rows on the 25 x 39-inch white cardstock litho. Other notable signatures include Hall of Famers Paul Arizin, Bill Sharman, Wes Unseld, Dolph Schayes, Jerry Lucas, Bob Pettit, Elvin Hayes, Moses Malone, Earl Monroe, Elgin Baylor, John Havlicek, Bob Cousy, Dave Bing, Sam Jones, Rick Barry, Bill Walton, and Lenny Wilkens, as well as notable players Clyde Drexler, Kevin McHale, Patrick Ewing, Nate “Tiny” Archibald, Robert Parrish, David Robinson, and Scottie Pippen, among others. The print has the legend “National Basketball Association 50 Greatest Players 1946-1996” in black type at the bottom center and is embossed with the “NBA 50” logo at the bottom right corner. Measures 39x25 inches.
(Beckett)