This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/1/2020
Presented is the remainder of the collection of former Orlando Magic shooting guard/small forward Nick Anderson, including an Orlando Magic team signed airbrushed basketball, an Orlando Magic team signed basketball, and an Orlando Magic team signed pennant. Anderson was selected with the 11th pick of the first round in the 1989 NBA Draft by the Magic, the first draft pick in the franchise's history. The first two items in this collection are a pair of commemorative tickets to the “Inaugural Game” at Orlando Arena on November 4, 1989 with Magic hosting the New Jersey Nets. Each 2½ x 7-inch white cardstock ticket is printed in black, blue, gray and red and is encapsulated in a ½ x 3¼ x 7¾-inch clear Lucite block. The third item in this collection is a commemorative ticket to the Orlando Magic’s “Inaugural Playoff Game” in the 1994 NBA Playoffs. The 2½ x 7-inch white cardstock ticket is printed in black, blue, green, orange, yellow and red and is encapsulated in a ½ x 3¼ x 7¾-inch clear Lucite block. The fourth item in this collection is a commemorative ticket to the Orlando Magic “Game A” 1995 NBA Playoffs contest. The 2¾ x 7-inch white cardstock ticket is printed in black, blue, purple, yellow and red and is encapsulated in a ½ x 3¼ x 7¾-inch clear Lucite block.
The fifth item in this collection is a commemorative ticket for “Game One” in the “Memphis Grizzlies Inaugural Season 01-02,” November 1, 2001 at The Pyramid in Memphis against the Detroit Pistons. The 3 x 6 ¼-inch ticket is printed in red, white, green and brown with a silver foil seal and mounted on black and encapsulated in a 1 x 4 x 7½ -inch Lucite block. The bottom front is inscribed “Thank you for making history Nick Anderson”. The sixth item in this collection is a 5 x 7-inch brown wood trophy with a gold plastic football helmet mounted on the top front and a 1½ x 3-inch gold metal plaque with the legend “Chi. Pk. Dist. – Area 6 Touch Football 19 – 1st Place -80” below the helmet. The seventh item in this collection is a team-signed white Orlando Magic 12 x 30-inch pennant with 13 signatures in silver and black marker, including Mark Acres, Sam Vincent, Michael Ansley, Otis Smith, Jeff Turner, Jerry Reynolds (signed “”Ice” Reynolds”) Dave Corzine, Sidney Green (inscribed “To Denny Best Wishes Sidney Green #21), Morlon Wiley, Reggie Theus and Terry Catledge. The Orlando Magic is silk-screened on the pennant in black, blue and silver.
The eighth item in this collection is a framed display of four Nick Anderson trading cards, including the “NBA Hoops Rookie” card, a Fleer 1990 card, and a Skybox card. The four cards are mounted in a blue matte with black accents and displayed in a 11 x 13-inch black metal with glass frame. The ninth item in this collection is a 12 x 15-inch brown wood plaque incorporating a 8 x 10-inch color photograph of Nick Anderson fishing with three other people at the top, and a 5½ x 10-inch gold metal plaque with black accent engraved with the legend “Presented to Nick Anderson…In Appreciation of your Support in making the 2nd Annual Orange County Police Athletic League Bass Classic a Success November 9, 1997”. The 10th item in this collection is a commemorative 6 x 14-inch color photograph with facsimile signatures from the 2012 National Basketball Association All-Star Game played at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida in a framed display. The photo is the main element in the display, with a 1¼ x 5-inch silver metal plaque at the lower center engraved in black with the legend “2012 NBA All-Star Game On behalf of the DeVos Family, thank you for your dedication, teamwork and legendary service.” The photo and plaque are mounted in a blue matte with silver and white accents and displayed in a 12 x 19½ -inch black wood with glass frame. The 11th item in this collection is an Orlando Magic team-signed Spalding NBA Indoor/Outdoor basketball with 16 signatures in black marker on the orange synthetic ball. The signatures are faded and illegible, and the ball is damaged at the needle hole and on the Spalding logo by deflation and storage.
The 12th item in this collection is a Spalding NBA Indoor/Outdoor basketball with an airbrushed color portrait of Nick Anderson in blue, white and black on the orange synthetic ball and the inscription “Orlando’s Original #1 Draft Pick” in blue and black. The 13th item in this lot is a 10 ½ x 13-inch brown wood with silver and blue metal plaque engraved with the legend “NAACP Orange County Branch Humanitarian Award Presented to Nick Anderson December 8, 1995”. The 14th item in this collection is a 9 x 12-inch brown wood with gold and black metal plaque engraved with the legend “Seniors First in Appreciation to Nick Anderson for your Generous Support Thank You for sharing your Thanksgiving Feast with Us 1995”. The 15th item in this collection is a 9 x 12-inch brown wood with gold and green metal plaque engraved with the legend “Presented to Nick Anderson…For Outstanding Support of Orange County Police Athletic League November 1, 1996”. The 16th item in this collection is a University of Illinois 3 x 8 x 8-inch glass coin bank with the “Fighting Illini” head dress logo and mark “Illinois” etched on the front. The 17th,, 18th, 19th and 20th items in this collection are four medals with ribbons from Anderson’s youth, including a medal from the Illinois Amateur Sports Festival, the Prairie State Games, a basketball medal and a City of Chicago Board of Education 1984-85 Athletic Excellence medal.
The 21st item in this collection is a 3½ x 4 x 11-inch gold plastic and wood trophy engraved “Third Place June 28, 1986 IBCA Slam-Dunk Contest”. The 22nd item in this collection is a heavy 4½ x 4½ x 10-inch glass trophy with a glass basketball atop a glass pyramid with silver metal base with the legend “National Basketball Retired Players Association Legends of Basketball We Made this Game” etched above the caption “13th Annual Legends Brunch February 26, 2012 Orlando, FL” on one side of the glass pedestal. On the metal base is engraved “Humanitarian Award Nick Anderson”. The 23rd item in this collection is “The Humanitarian Award Presented to Nick Anderson From the NBRPA, Orlando Chapter”. The award consists of a 1½ x 4 x 4-inch black marble base with a 6-inch glass ornament on top with blue, white, and green watercolor swirls within the glass. The glass ornament is separated from the base but is otherwise intact. This collection comes with a LOA from JSA.