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ELGIN BAYLOR NBA 50 GREATEST PLAYERS JACKET
A Jeff Hamilton custom made leather jacket presented to Elgin Baylor at the NBA’s 1997 All-Star Weekend in Cleveland, Ohio, for being named one of
the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players. Baylor wore this jacket when the players who were named the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players were honored during a half-time
ceremony of the 1997 NBA All-Star game. The jacket features a purple leather body with white leather arms. Stitched into the front left breast of the jacket
is an NBA 50th Anniversary logo. Stitched into the right sleeve of the jacket is Baylor’s familiar number “22.” Stitched into the left sleeve is the logo of Jeff
Hamilton, the maker of the jacket. Stitched into the back of the jacket is Baylor’s team name “LAKERS” in yellow leather letters with white borders. Stitched
into the inside of the jacket is a message patch that reads “This is a Limited Edition/ of 50 Jackets designed by Jeff/ Hamilton, commissioned by the/ National
Basketball Association to/ Honor the Fifty Greatest Players in/ the History of the League/ February 9, 1997.” The patch is signed by Hamilton in
gold ink. Accompanied by a signed color photograph, owned by Baylor, of Baylor wearing the jacket during the ceremony. The photograph is signed
“Elgin Baylor/ 50 Greatest Players” in silver marker. Size XXL.
$4,000-6,000
140 | PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ELGIN BAYLOR