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ELGIN B<strong>AY</strong>LOR 1965 NBA ALL-STAR<br />
GAME AWARD PLAQUE<br />
A wood plaque presented to Elgin Baylor by<br />
The Sporting News honoring him for being selected<br />
to the 1965 NBA All-Star Team. The<br />
plaque reads “The Sporting News/ congratulates/<br />
Elgin Baylor/ on his selection to the annual/<br />
National Basketball Association All-Star<br />
Team/ as chosen in a poll of all/ National<br />
Basketball Association Players/ by/ The<br />
Sporting News.” The plaque is signed by<br />
C.C. Johnson Spink, publisher of The Sporting<br />
News, and is dated March 1965. The 1965<br />
NBA All-Star game was played on January<br />
15, 1965, in St. Louis, Missouri.<br />
11 3/4 by 9 inches<br />
$800-1,200<br />
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ELGIN B<strong>AY</strong>LOR 1965 B’NAI B’RITH ACHIEVEMENT SILVER PLATE<br />
A sterling silver plate presented to Elgin Baylor on January 23, 1965 by the Sports Lodge B’nai B’rith. The Sports Lodge is a local chapter of B’nai<br />
B’rtith International and works to provide athletic scholarships to young Jewish athletes. The engraved sterling silver plate features scalloped edges<br />
reads “Sports Lodge B’nai B’rith/ 14th Annual Dinner/ Hotel Roosevelt, January 23, 1965/ to/ Elgin Baylor/ for/ high principle and achievement/<br />
in sports.” The silver plate is accompanied by a black and white photograph of Elgin Baylor receiving this prestigious award.<br />
Diameter, 12 inches<br />
$600-800<br />
Julien’s Auctions | 41
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