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ELGIN B<strong>AY</strong>LOR SIGNED<br />
CLIPPERS HARD HAT AND<br />
SHOVEL<br />
A hard hat and shovel presented to<br />
Elgin Baylor at the official groundbreaking<br />
for the Los Angeles Clippers’ new training center in Playa Vista,<br />
California. Mounted to the shovel is an engraved white metal plaque that<br />
reads “Elgin Baylor/ Los Angeles Clippers Training Center/ at Playa Vista/<br />
Official Groundbreaking April 5, 2007.” The shovel head is signed by Baylor<br />
in silver marker. Accompanied by a white plastic hard hat that bears<br />
sticker logos that read “Los Angeles Clippers,” “EBG22,” and “Los Angeles<br />
Clippers/ Training Center/ at Playa Vista,” above which Baylor has signed<br />
in blue marker.<br />
Shovel, 43 1/2 by 9 by 3 1/2 inches<br />
$200-400<br />
304<br />
ELGIN B<strong>AY</strong>LOR MOST POWERFUL AFRICAN AMERICANS IN<br />
SPORTS PLAQUE<br />
A wood magazine cover plaque given to Elgin Baylor from Black Enterprise<br />
magazine in March 2005 that reads “THE 50 MOST POWERFUL AFRICAN<br />
AMERICANS IN SPORTS.” A mounted metal plaque reads “Los Angeles<br />
Clippers/ VP of Basketball Operations Elgin Baylor/ The 50 Most Powerful<br />
African Americans In Sports/ Black Enterprise magazine – March 2005.”<br />
16 ½ by 11 inches<br />
$300-500<br />
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303<br />
ELGIN B<strong>AY</strong>LOR 1990 LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS<br />
GENERAL MANAGER OF THE YEAR AWARD<br />
A General Manager of the Year award presented to Elgin<br />
Baylor in 1990 by the Los Angeles Clippers. The award<br />
features collaged items and images of Baylor on board<br />
with a plaque that reads “Elgin Baylor/ Clipper Courtsiders/<br />
General Manager/ of the Year/ April 21, 1990.”<br />
Framed.<br />
22 by 18 inches, overall<br />
$100-200<br />
305<br />
ELGIN B<strong>AY</strong>LOR 2005 BLACK ENTERPRISE AWARD<br />
A Black Enterprise award presented to Elgin Baylor in 2005 by Earl G.<br />
Graves Publishing. The wood plaque features an image of the magazine<br />
cover showing Baylor. It reads “Black Enterprise/ Proudly Salutes/ Elgin Baylor/<br />
Vice President of Basketball Operations/ Los Angeles Clippers/ as one<br />
of The Most Powerful African Americans in Sports/ March 2005,” with<br />
printed signatures of publishers Earl G. Graves, Jr. and Earl G. Graves, Sr.<br />
14 by 12 inches<br />
$300-500
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