This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/6/2015
Offer for this lot is an official NBA game ball signed in black sharpie by 16 members of the 1991-92 Chicago Bulls Championship Re-Peat team. A better, more complete example does not exist. Our consignor obtained this basketball at either the Chicago based Charitabulls Auction or Fandamonium Sales which were conducted at Chicago Stadium or the new arena. Many were obtained before the time the team issued letter of authenticity.
The 1991-92 Chicago Bulls finished in first place in the Central Division, along with having the best record in the NBA (67-15). In the playoffs, the Bulls swept the Miami Heat in the first round, defeated the New York Knicks in the semifinals, then defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals. They would go on to beat the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1992 NBA Finals to win their second consecutive championship, and second of three straight. We have researched the ball and complete lists of signers include:
Spalding Panel: John Paxon, Tex Winters
NBA Panel: Phil Jackson, Will Purdue
Inflation Panel: Scottie King, Johnny Bach
Next Panel: Horace Grant, Michael Jordan
Official Game Ball NBA David Stern Panel: Craig Hodges, Cliff Levingston
Spalding Panel: Mark Randall
Next Panel: Scott Williams, BJ Armstrong, Bill Cartwright
Next Panel: Bobby Hansen, Scottie Pippen
A very high grade example from the historic first repeat Chicago Bulls Championship team.
(84L1006)
(JSA Auction Letter)