THE OSCAR ROBERTSON COLLECTION
SCP Auctions facilitated the sale of several pieces of memorabilia from the personal collection of NBA legend Oscar Robertson. As noted by SCP, the basketball Hall of Famer plans to donate a portion of the auction proceeds to the Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center and LeBow Institute for Myeloma Therapeutics at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
The auction closed the last week of April. Among some of the items sold:
01 Oscar Robertson’s late 1950s University of Cincinnati Bearcats Letterman Jacket with Significant Wear (Robertson Collection) Sold: $3,862 03 Oscar Robertson’s 1959 Pan Am Games (Gold Medal Champions) USA Basketball Game Worn Full Uniform (Robertson Collection, MEARS A10)
Sold: $41,372 02 Oscar Robertson’s 1959-60 College Player of the Year Award Presented by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (Robertson Collection) Sold: $4,393 04 Oscar Robertson’s 1960 Rome Olympics USA Basketball (Gold Medal Champions) Full Uniform Worn in Final Game (Robertson Collection, MEARS A9)
Sold: $146,558
05 Oscar Robertson 1960sʼ Cincinnati Royals Game Worn Shooting Shirt (Robertson Collection) Sold: $26,669 06 Oscar Robertsonʼs 1960 Olympic Champions Team USA Signed Game Ball from Gold Medal Final (Robertson Collection)
Sold: $133,235 07 Oscar Robertsonʼs 1971 Milwaukee Bucks NBA World Champions 14K Gold Ring (Robertson LOA) Sold: $91,151 08 1960 Olympic Team Hall of Fame Induction Ring (Robertson Collection) Sold: $44,428