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112 | PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ELGIN B<strong>AY</strong>LOR<br />
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ELGIN B<strong>AY</strong>LOR 1969 SEATTLE SUPERSONICS APPRECIATION<br />
AWARD<br />
An appreciation award presented to Elgin Baylor in 1969 by the NBA’s Seattle<br />
SuperSonics. The award features a hand-carved wood basketball player and<br />
base. Mounted to the base is an engraved plaque that reads “Presented to/<br />
Elgin Baylor/ from the Seattle Supersonics/ In appreciation for/ his contribution<br />
to the/ city of Seattle, basketball,/ the NBA & and in recognition/ of continued<br />
excellence./ Oct. 25, 1969.” Baylor attended Seattle University,<br />
leading his Chieftains basketball squad to the NCAA National Championship<br />
game in 1958.<br />
23 by 6 by 4 inches<br />
$400-600<br />
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ELGIN B<strong>AY</strong>LOR 1969 NBA GREATS “POPCORN MACHINE” TROPHY<br />
An NBA Greats trophy presented to Elgin Baylor on May 28, 1969, by the Los<br />
Angeles JR. Chamber of Commerce and The Athletes For a Better America at a<br />
Testimonial Dinner at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The trophy<br />
is a clear and yellow plastic popcorn machine with a white metal male figure<br />
on the inside. A yellow metal plaque mounted on the clear plastic reads “In<br />
recognition of the/ NBA Greats/ Faked into the/ ‘Popcorn Machine’.” The<br />
“popcorn machine” is in reference to Chick Hearn, the legendary Los Angeles<br />
Lakers sportscaster and play-by-play announcer who coined the phrase “popcorn<br />
machine” to describe a player who was faked so badly by a Lakers<br />
player that he was stranded near the popcorn machine that used to stand near<br />
the sidelines of the Lakers home court. It additionally meant a player was faked<br />
so badly that he would jump up and down trying to get the ball just like kernels<br />
popping in a popcorn machine. The popcorn machine is mounted to a wood<br />
stand centering a yellow metal plaque that reads “Presented to/ Elgin Baylor/<br />
By/ The Los Angeles JR. Chamber of Commerce/ and The Athletes for Better<br />
America/ Testimonial Dinner/ Ambassador Hotel May 28, 1969.”<br />
13 by 7 inches, Overall<br />
$500-700<br />
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ELGIN B<strong>AY</strong>LOR 1969 CITY OF LOS ANGELES PROCLAMATION<br />
A proclamation certificate presented to Elgin Baylor by Sam Yorty, then mayor<br />
of Los Angeles, declaring May 28, 1969, “Elgin Baylor and Jerry West Day.”<br />
The certificate states that a Testimonial Dinner was held for both Baylor and<br />
West honoring the two of them on May 28, 1969. The certificate features an<br />
embossed yellow gold sticker that reads “City of Los Angeles/ Founded 1781”<br />
with a signature by Mayor Yorty in black ink on the lower right side.<br />
16 by 11 inches<br />
$300-500<br />
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ELGIN B<strong>AY</strong>LOR 1969 FRIARS CLUB PL<strong>AY</strong>ER OF THE YEAR PLAQUE<br />
A wood plaque presented to Elgin Baylor by the Friars Club of California for<br />
being named its 1969 Professional Co-Player of the Year. The plaque is engraved<br />
“The Friars Club of California/ Presents Its 1969 Professional Basketball/<br />
Co-Player of the Year Award to/ Elgin Baylor/ Los Angeles Lakers/ In<br />
Recognition Of His Standard As The/ Second Greatest Career Scorer In/ Basketball<br />
History And His Selection As An NBA All-Star In Ten Of His Eleven/<br />
Years As A Professional Player.” The plaque is stamped with the Friars Club<br />
seal in the top left corner and is dated “May 14, 1969” in the bottom left.<br />
12 by 8 inches<br />
$200-300
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